Steneotarsonemus spinki
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![Female and male rice mites](/Images/godic/202502/13/Steneotarsonemus_spinki_1_male_female2641.jpg")
![Rice plant infested with panicle rice mites](/Images/godic/202502/13/Steneotarsonemus_spinki_damage2641.jpg")
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Steneotarsonemus spinki, the panicle rice mite, spinki mite, or rice tarsonemid mite, is a species of mite in the family Tarsonemidae, the white mites. It is a serious pest of rice in tropical Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean.