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
13.
Oligonychus punicae
(Hirst)
Paratetranychus punicae
Hirst, 1926
,
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
Part-4, 830.
Oligonychus punicae
, Pritchard & Baker, 1955
,
Soc. Mem. Ser.,
2
: 335-336.
Oligonychus punicae
, Gupta & Gupta, 1994
,
Mem. Zool. Surv.
India
,
18
(1): 112-113.
Collection data
: Several
♀
and
♂
, South 24 Parganas, Narendrapur, ex.
Bixa orellana
,
03.04.2015
;
3♀
, Narendrapur, ex.
Cedrus deodara
,
05.05.2016
.
Remarks
: Heavy infestation of this mite was seen on the upper surface of leaves of
Bixa orellana
and its infestation produced light brownish patches.
Bixa orellana
formed new host record.