Phyllocoptes

Phyllocoptes
	Eriophyes padi (Nalepa) upper epidermis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Family:	Eriophyidae
Genus:	Phyllocoptes ; Nalepa, 1887
Diversity
	>15 species

Last updated December 07, 2025

Phyllocoptes is a genus of gall mites.

Species

Genus Phyllocoptes consists of at least 15 species:

Phyllocoptes abaenus Keifer, 1940
Phyllocoptes adalius Keifer, 1939
Phyllocoptes alniborealis Liro, 1950
Phyllocoptes alniincanae Roivainen, 1947
Phyllocoptes amaranthi Corti, 1917
Phyllocoptes amygdali Bagdasarian, 1972
Phyllocoptes atragenes Liro, 1941
Phyllocoptes azaleae Nalepa, 1904
Phyllocoptes coprosmae Lamb, 1952
Phyllocoptes eupadi Newkirk 1984^[1]^[2]
Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer — causes rose rosette disease
Phyllocoptes goniothorax (Nalepa) — causes galls on Crataegus species^[3]
Phyllocoptes hazelae Manson, 1984
Phyllocoptes malinus (Nalepa, 1892) — causes galls on Malus species
Phyllocoptes metrosideri Manson, 1989
Phyllocoptes populi (Nalepa)

References

↑ Danish Nature Retrieved 2012-12-9]
↑ European Environment Agency Retrieved : 2012-12-09
↑ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (2nd ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. pp. 90–93. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.

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[dn-1] Danish Nature Retrieved 2012-12-9]

[2] European Environment Agency Retrieved : 2012-12-09

[3] Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (2nd ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. pp. 90–93. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.

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