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Blackcurrant gall mite, Big bud mite

Cecidophyopsis ribis

Classification

Cecidophyopsis ribis is an eriophyid mite which is best known for being a plant parasite, a pest of Ribes species, the genus that includes gooseberries and blackcurrants. It is commonly known as the blackcurrant gall mite or big bud mite. It feeds on the plants' buds, forming galls, and transmits a virus which causes blackcurrant reversion disease.

Distribution

(c) Adrien BENOIT à la GUILLAUME, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 2France · 1United Kingdom · 1