Aculops fuchsiae

Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aculops
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: between leaf veins
Form: leaf curl
Cells: not applicable
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Plant Parasites of Europe

GALL
the leaves, especially near the tip of the shoots, are reddish discoloured, swollen, and disfigured shell-like, the internodes are strongly shortened.

HOST PLANTS
Onagraceae, monophagous

Fuchsia arborescens, denticulata, gehringeri, macrophylla, microphylla, magellanica, procumbens, thymifolia.

On, for instance F. aborrescens, microphylla, thymifoliathe mite may have viable population without causing serious malformations.
NOTES
Originally a South African species, in North America and Europe since about 1980 a serious pest in floriculture, especially in glasshouses.

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

Reference: https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/acari/actinotrichida/prostigmata/eleutherengona/eriophyoidea/eriophyidae/phyllocoptinae/anthocoptini/aculops/aculops-fuchsiae/


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

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