Mites (Acari) on medicinal plants in South Bengal, India
Author
Gupta, S. K.
Author
Bose, Sayani
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
2017-04-01
117
2
154
181
http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118008
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/118008
2581-8686
13184643
15.
Panonychus citri
(Mcgregor)
Tetranychus citri
Mcgregor, 1916
,
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9
: 284.
Panonychus citri
, Ehara, 1956
,
J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ.
(6) (Zool.)
12
: 500.
Panonychus citri
, Gupta & Gupta, 1994
,
Mem. Zool. Surv.
India
,
18
(1): 53-54.
Collection data
: Several
♀
and
♂
, Narendrapur, ex.
Carica papaya
,
12.06.2015
,
13.05.2016
; several
♀
and
♂
, Narendrapur, ex.
Achras sapota
throughout the year;
4♀
,
Bankura
, Patrasayar, ex.
Carica papaya
,
03.08.2015
;
6♀
, Birbhum, Rampurhat, ex.
Carica papaya
,
05.09.2015
;
8♀
, Birbhum, Bolpur, ex.
Carica papaya
,
12.09.2015
;
5♀
,
5♂
, North 24 Parganas, Hasnabad, ex.
Justicia adhatoda
,
10.01.2016
;
5♀
,
1♂
,
East Medinipur
, Tumluk, ex.
Carica papaya
,
12.06.2016
.
Remarks
: A heavy infestation was noticed on Papaya on both the surfaces of leaves and the infested leaves turned on lower surface and when the population became very seen throughout the year but more during the summer months.