Cecidophyopsis ribis

Taxobox
name = "Cecidophyopsis ribis"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acarina
ordo = Actinedida
subordo = Parasitengona
superfamilia = Trombidioidea
familia = Eriophyidae
genus = "Cecidophyopsis"
species = "C. ribis"
binomial = "Cecidophyopsis ribis"
binomial_authority = Westwood

The mite "Cecidophyopsis ribis" is an eriophyoid mite which is best known for being a pest of "Ribes" sp., the genus of gooseberries and blackcurrants. It is known commonly as blackcurrant gall mite and big bud mite. It feeds on the plant's buds, forms galls, and transmits a virus which causes blackcurrant reversion disease. The mite is a serious pest of blackcurrant crops in Europe but rarely on other continents.

External links

* [http://www.fruitbreeding.co.uk/Blackcurrant_breeding_atSCRI.asp Breeding resistance against gall mite]
* [http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp2544 Pests on currants]