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Tyrophagus putrescentiae

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Wikipedia Abstract

Tyrophagus putrescentiae is a cosmopolitan mite species. Together with the related species T. longior, it is commonly referred to as the mould mite or the cheese mite.
View Wikipedia Record: Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Prey / Diet

Carulaspis juniperi (juniper scale)[1]
Carulaspis minima (bermuda cedar scale)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Androlaelaps casalis2

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0