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Invasive. (Montserrat Invertebrate Species List Version 3. August 2023. Dataset);
Observed damaging Coconut. (Malumphy, C. (2020). Annotated list of invertebrates observed in Montserrat, West Indies, November 2019. FERA); Malumphy document, brades, ministry buildings, scarring consistent with Coconut mite feeding on Coconut. This is the most important pest of Coconuts in many areas of the Americas, Africa and South-East Asia. Feeding on the mites on the meristematic zone of the young nuts causes physical damage so that as newly formed tissue expands, the surface becomes necrotic and suberized, usually in distinct 'v' shape(s) extending down from the perianth. Uneven growth results in distortion and stunting of the Coconut. (Montserrat Invertebrate Species List Version 3. August 2023. Dataset);
Malumphy, C. (2020). Annotated list of invertebrates observed in Montserrat, West Indies, November 2019. FERA; Montserrat Invertebrate Species List Version 3. August 2023. Dataset;