Taxon classification Animalia Prostigmata Eriophyidae

Cosetacus camelliae (Keifer, 1945)

Aceria camelliae; Keifer 1945: 137-138.

Cosetacus camelliae; Amrine and Stasny 1994: 168.

Cosetacus camelliae; Baker et al. 1996: 86.

Host.

Camellia japonica L., Camellia sp.

Relation to the host plant.

Vagrant. The mite lives under leaf and flower buds, probably causing premature flower drop.

Distribution.

Australian, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palaearctic regions.