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Molecular markers indicate that the wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella Keifer, may represent a species complex in Australia.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Oct 2009
Carew M, Schiffer M, Umina P, Weeks A, Hoffmann A
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The wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella Keifer, is an eriophyoid pest of cereals, and the vector responsible for transmitting wheat streak mosaic virus. Several authors have suggested cryptic species of this mite identified through morphological variation, but this has never been conclusivel...
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