Aceria dispar

Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Alignment: integral
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Location: between leaf veins, leaf edge
Form: witches broom, leaf edge roll, leaf curl
Cells: not applicable
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Phytoptus dispar

Eriophyoid mite fauna (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) of Turkey: New species, new distribution reports and an updated catalogue

Aceria dispar (Nalepa, 1891

Type data. Populus tremula L. (Salicaceae); type locality not stated by the author. Amrine and Stasny (1994) listed Austria followed by a question mark.

Geographic distribution. Nearctic, Palaearctic.

Relation to the host plant. Gall-making mite. This species is associated with the upward rolling of both sides of young leaves towards the midrib. Often the leaves remain small, forming a distorted bunch-like mass.

- Evsel Denizhan, Rosita Monfreda, Enrico de Lillo, Sultan Cobanoglu: (2015) Eriophyoid mite fauna (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) of Turkey: New species, new distribution reports and an updated catalogue©


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