- Source: Phytoptus atherodes
Phytoptus atherodes is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae, discovered by Philipp E. Chetverikov in 2011.
Description
In P. atherodes, males are smaller than females, and the body is long, wide, whitish in color and resembles a worm, having a prodorsal shield with a figure on it looking like the Greek letter "Ψ".
