Rhyncaphytoptus platani Keifer, 1939
on Platanus
Rhyncaphytoptus platani from Keifer, 1939.
parasite
The mites live as vagrants at the undersides on the leaves.
host plants
Platanaceae, monophagous
Platanus hispanica.
Roskam writes that the species would cause malformations of the leaves of Acer campestre ; that is not correct.
distribution within Europe
references
Keifer (1939a), Ripka (2007a, 2009a), Roskam (2019a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a).