Aceria granati

Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
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Eriophyes granati

An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America

Leaf roll caused by Eriophyes granati (Canestrini & Massalongo) (pl. 68)

This is an interesting tubular leaf roll, which consists of a downward tight rolling and curling of the whole length of the leaf margin into a tube. Eventually the infested margin rolls toward the midrib but does not cover it. The mites are wrapped in the thickened turned-over leaf edge, where they live and reproduce inside the roll. In some plants, infestations are so heavy that nearly every young leaf is rolled, distorted, and twisted.

[photos pg. 151]

- Hartford Keifer,Edward Baker,Tokuwo Kono,Mercedes Delfinado,William Styer: (1982) An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America©


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Hartford Keifer,Edward Baker,Tokuwo Kono,Mercedes Delfinado,William Styer
1982
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