(Acarina: Eriophyidae)
Issue No. 130
H. L. Cromroy and L. C. Kuitert
March, 1973
Introduction
The blueberry bud mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer), was originally described by H. H. Keifer in 1939 from specimens collected in North Carolina, and at that time, was called Eriophyes vaccinii Keifer. However, in 1965 when Keifer erected the genus Acalitus, the mite was transferred to this genus based on its morphological characteristics. This mite has been reported on both cultivated and wild plants of the genus Vaccinium.