Phyllocoptes fructiphilus(PHYCFR)
Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2019
First recorded in: 2019
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/210) : first found in 2019 during a survey in rose samples collected from Tallahassee (Leon county), then found in other locations near the initial finding site. None of the mite-infested roses showed symptoms of rose rosette disease and none tested positive for rose rosette virus.
* Fife A, Bolton S, Griesheimer JL, Paret M, Martini X (2020) First report of Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer (Eriophyidae), the vector of the rose rosette virus, in Florida, USA. Florida Entomologist 103(3), 411-414.