It is an exotic species and should be treated as a potentially serious plant pest. The adult mite is broad, oval and flattened. Females vary in color from pale brown through brownish-green to almost orange. The legs are about as long as the body and yellowish-brown. Average size is 0.5mm.
Adult males are smaller than the females.
They are elongate and triangular with very long legs. In general, this mite feeds on the upper side of the leaf primarily along the midrib, then spreads to the lateral veins, causing the leaves to become chlorotic. Pale yellow to white streaks develop along the midrib and veins. Little webbing is produced. In heavier infestations, the mites feed and oviposit over the whole upper surface of the leaf.