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Filbert Bud Mite

Phytoptus avellanae

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 61, February 45, March 71, April 111, May 160, June 175, July 187, August 161, September 118, October 88, November 48, December 38.
United States1,308
Alaska1,264
United Kingdom272
England248
France130
Germany69
Austria50
Île-de-France32
Belgium29
Hauts-de-France25

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSarcoptiformes
FamilyPhytoptidae
GenusPhytoptus

Sources

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