Abstract
ABSTRACT The ectoparasitic otopheidomenid sphingid or hawk moth mite, Prasadiseius cocytes (Prasad, 1970) (Acari: Otopheidomenidae) described over 40 years ago from museum-preserved moths, was recently re-collected from several moths by the author. Of these, one moth, Manduca rustica (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), collected in neotropical rainforest habitat of Ecuador, unusually showed very heavy infestation with several hundred mites on the dorsal side of the body, including wings. It had eggs, larvae, nymphs, and adults. This kind of infestation in the sphingid moths has not been recorded before and is reported in this paper.
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