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Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite

Eriophyes cerasicrumena

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 12, May 236, June 122, July 60, August 47, September 37, October 24, November 6, December 0.
Massachusetts1,272
Pennsylvania921
Virginia849
Maryland734
Michigan540
New Jersey495
New York357
Ohio204
North Carolina164
Delaware134

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
FamilyGall and Rust Mites · Eriophyidae
GenusEriophyes

Sources

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