Eriophyes padi

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Eriophyes padi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Family: Eriophyidae
Genus: Eriophyes
Species:
E. padi
Binomial name
Eriophyes padi
Nalepa, 1890

Eriophyes padi is a gall-forming mite that causes cherry pouch galls on black cherry trees. Eriophyes padi belongs to the genus Eriophyes and the family Eriophyidae. It lives in Europe and Russia[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guy Sternberg & James Wesley Wilson (2004). "Prunus serotina wild cherry". Native trees for North American landscapes: from the Atlantic to the Rockies. Timber Press. pp. 356–359. ISBN 978-0-88192-607-1.