Novophytoptus luzulis Chetverikov, 2015

on Luzula

parasite

Mites live under the leaf epidermis in spaces of mesophyll where they feed on parenchymatous cells. Such feeding putatively causes necrosis of tissues, resulting in a light brown colour of the infested leaf area.

host plants

Juncaceae, monophagous

Luzula pilosa.

references

Chetverikov (2015a).