<p><strong><em>Acalitus kosahuatlus</em>, a new species of eriophyid mite in central Mexico (Acari: Eriophyidae) and first report on the host plant Ipomoea wolcottiana (Convolvulaceae)</strong></p>

Here we describe a new species of mite, Acalitus kosahuatlus Acuña-Soto & Vanegas-Rico sp. nov., from the family Eriophyidae, collected in the state of Morelos, Mexico. This species causes galls on the leaves of Ipomoea wolcottiana Rose (Convolvulaceae), and is the first eriophyoid mite species recorded on this host plant worldwide and the second Acalitus species found on the plants of genus Ipomoea.

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SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v15i1.86805
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Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
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<p>Acalitus kosahuatlus, a new species of eriophyid mite in central Mexico (Acari: Eriophyidae) and first report on the host plant Ipomoea wolcottiana (Convolvulaceae)</p>

Jesús Alberto Acuña-Soto, Pedro Enrique de la Torre Santana, Juan Manuel Vanegas-Rico
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
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<p>Acalitus kosahuatlus, a new species of eriophyid mite in central Mexico (Acari: Eriophyidae) and first report on the host plant Ipomoea wolcottiana (Convolvulaceae)</p>

Jesús Alberto Acuña-Soto, Pedro Enrique de la Torre Santana, Juan Manuel Vanegas-Rico
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Here we describe a new species of mite, Acalitus kosahuatlus Acuña-Soto & Vanegas-Rico sp. nov., from the family Eriophyidae, collected in the state of Morelos, Mexico. This species causes galls on the leaves of Ipomoea wolcottiana Rose (Convolvulaceae), and is the first eriophyoid mite species recorded on this host plant worldwide and the second Acalitus species found on the plants of genus Ipomoea.

SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (MX), Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla (MX)
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