Aceria cerrea (Nalepa, 1898)

on Quercus

Aceria cerrea on Quercus cerris

Quercus cerris, Dronten, Binnenbos, 27.ix.2021 © Arnold Grosscurt

Aceria cerrea on Quercus cerris

underside

Aceria cerrea on Quercus cerris

detail of the erineum

Aceria cerrea: galls on Quercus cerris

Quercus cerris, Tilburg, 24.ix.2020 © Roelof Jan Koops

Aceria cerrea: galls on Quercus cerris

same leaf, underside

Quercus cerris, Hungary, Budapest, 3.vi.2016 © László Érsek

same leaf, underside

Aceria cerrea: erineum

Quercus cerris, Hungary, Budapest, Kamaraerdő, 25.vii.2017 © László Érsek: erineum, detail

Quercus cerris, België, Brussel, Evere: Moeraske, 6.v.2014 © Sébastien Carbonnelle

underside of the leaf

gall

epiphyllous or hypophyllous bulges, the corresponding other side covered by an erineum. Hairs sometimes long and contorted, in other cases shorter, cylindric or weakly mushroom-shaped. The mites also cause buds on 6-8 year old branches to become hypertrophied (Skoracka ao, 2005a).

host plants

Fagaceae, monophagous

Quercus cerris.

Sometimes also cited from Q. pubescens, robur

synonyms

Aceria ilicis cerrea; Eriophyes cerreus; Eriophyes cerri: Bellmann, 2012.

references

Buhr (1965a), Denizhan, Monfreda, de Lillo & Çobanoglu (2015a), Farkas (1965a), Hellrigl (2006a, 2010a), Houard (1908a), Jočić & Petanović (2012a), Petanović & Stanković (1999a), Ripka (2007a, 2020a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a), Stănescu (2009a), Xue, Wang, Song & Hong (2009a).