Aceria malherbae

Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form: leaf curl
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image of Aceria malherbae
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Plant Parasites of Europe

GALL
the midrib is thickened and curved, the leaf becomes a rough surface and is disfigured, the growth of the plant stops.

HOST PLANTS
Convolvulaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Calystegia sepium; Convolvulus arvensis.

NOTES
applied in the United States in the biological control of “bindweed”.

- Willem N. Ellis: (2021) Plant Parasites of Europe©

Reference: https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/acari/actinotrichida/prostigmata/eleutherengona/eriophyoidea/eriophyidae/eriophyinae/acerini/aceria/aceria-malherbae/


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
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Willem N. Ellis
2021
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?scrlybrkr=fb081ea8

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