Phytoptidae

plural noun

Phy·​top·​ti·​dae

-təˌdē

: a family of minute plant-parasitic mites that includes various destructive bud mites and blister mites and is often treated as a subfamily of Eriophyidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Phytoptus, type genus + -idae

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