Aceria caliberberis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
Hosts: Berberis aquifolium / Berberis thunbergii
Detachable: integral
Color: red, green, purple
Texture: hairless
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Season: Fall
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, leaf edge
Form: leaf edge roll, leaf curl, leaf edge fold
Cells: not applicable
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Barberry Edge Gall Mite
Synonymy: Name
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Eriophyes caliberberis
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.
The Eriophyid Mites of California
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Type host: Berberis californica Jepsan [Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota], barberry
Relation to host: Working from the upper leaf surface the mites cause irregular longitudinal sinuate folds, anywhere from the edge to the midrib. The mites develop in the fold.
- Hartford Keifer: (1952) The Eriophyid Mites of California©
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