Aculops lycopersici, also known as the tomato russet mite, is a species of mite that belongs to the family Eriophyidae.

Aculops lycopersici is an important pest of tomato plants.

[1] It was first described by A. M. Massee[2][3] in 1937 in Australia, but is now common around the world.

Its genome has been sequenced[4] and is only 32.5 Mb.

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