Host-associated differentiation in the plum rust mite Aculus fockeui (Acari: Eriophyoidea) revealed through molecular and morphometric analyses.

Aculus fockeui (Nalepa and Trouessart) is among the most economically significant pest mite species within the superfamily Eriophyoidea. In traditional taxonomy, A. fockeui was considered a single, oligophagous species, initially described on Europea…

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