Epitrimerus gemmicolus (Nalepa, 1895)

on Taxus

Taxus baccata, Amsterdamse Bos, 1.v.2026 ©
Cor Zonneveld. See he note below.

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gall

gall mites in the disfigured flowers and leaf buds.

hostplants

Taxaceae, monophagous

Taxus baccata.

notes

Conrary to Cecidophyopsis psilaspis, this species is stated to gall not only buds, but also flowers. This is the shaky basis of the identification.

references

Farkas (1965a).