Aceria acroptiloni Shevtchenko & Kovalev, 1974
on Cyanus, Rhaponticum
gall
“This mite is associated with the stunting of plants and flower buds and inflorescence deformation displaying hypertrophy. Inflorescences are completely distorted becoming reniform; the outer leaflets of the spathe coarsen, becoming thickened and yellowish, with shortened tunicate appendages.” (Denizhan ao).
hostplants
Aateraceae,, oligophagous
Cyanus depressus; Rhaponticum repens.
galling occurred in Rhaponticum, not in Cyanus.
notes
ss far as known an eastern mediterranean species.
references
Asadi, Ghorbani, Cristofaro ao (2014a), Denizhan, Monfreda, de Lillo & Çobanoğlu (2015a).