TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Ectoparasitic mites (Acarina: Otopheidomenidae) on sphingid moths VL - 17 IS - 3 SP - 375 EP - 383 PY - 1975 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Prasad, V. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3126 DA - 1976-02-27 KW - Acari KW - Otopheidomenidae KW - parasites KW - incidence of infection KW - insect host KW - Sphingidae AB - The Otopheidomenids (Acarina: Otopheidomenidae) were found to parasitize 30 genera and 47 species and subspecies of sphingid moths (Lepidoptera) in various countries located between the latitude of 30°N and 30°S. The percentage of infestation in the museum preserved moths was found to be 1.0 %. However, the percentage of infestation was found to be 28.6 % in the moths of iVlalagasy and Honduras and 33.3 % in the moths of Surinam. All the lite stages were found on the same host mostly in the tympanic area or metathoracic-Ist abdominal cavity. ER -