Phyllocoptes goniothorax
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Phyllocoptes
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairless, erineum
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins, leaf edge
Form: leaf edge roll, pocket
Cells: not applicable
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Amrine Catalog
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Phyllocoptes goniothorax
Erineum clandestinum
Erineum oxyacanthae
Phytoptus goniothorax
Phytoptus goniothora
Hosts: Crataegus laevigata, oxyacantha, monogyna, nigra, rhipidophylla. [Malus sylvestris and Pyracantha coccinea listed as reported but by presumed to be induced by different mites]
Relationship: Leaf margin curl (erineum on inner surface) (Forms galls on edges of lobes of leaf, causing them to curl downward and become thickened)
Range: [Europe]
”- James Amrine: (2019) Amrine Catalog©
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