Acalitus phloeocoptes (Nalepa, 1890)
on woody Rosaceae
galls (from Nolte, 1954a)
gall
c. 2 mm high, hard, rounded warts on the branches, often several together in a ring around the branch and mainly on and around leaf scars and buds. Fresh they are red, later grey, brown or black. Inside irregular galleries, where the mites live.
hostplants
Rosaceae, oligophagous
Cotoneaster; Cydonia oblonga; Prunus armeniaca, avium, cerasifera, cerasus, domestica & subsp. insititia, dulcis, spinosa.
synonyms
Aceria, Eriophyes, phloeocoptes.
predators
references
Bohinc & Trdan (2013a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Denizhan, Monfreda, de Lillo & Çobanoğlu (2015a), Farkas (1965a), Garon-Labrecque (2017a), Haarder, Thuróczy & Csóka (2019a), Hellrigl (2003a), Houard (1908a), Kapaxidi (2013a), Keifer, Baker, Kono, Delfinado & Styer (1982a), Máca (2012a), Mifsud, Monfreda & de Lillo (2007a), Nolte (1954a), Petanović & Stanković (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka (2007a, 2008a), Ripka & de Lillo (1997a), Roskam (2009a), Schliesske (1988a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a), Tomasi (2014a), Vaněčková-Skuhravá (1996a).