Aceria destructor (Nalepa, 1891)
on Sedum
gall
At the tip of the stems the leaves are clustered, disfigured and warty; if flowers are present they too are disfigured and often greened.
hostplants
Crassulaceae, monophagous
Sedum acre, album, alpestre, atratum, dasyphyllum, ochroleucum, rubens, rupestre, sexangulare.
synonyms
Eriophyes destructor.
notes
This species and Cecidophyes glaber are stated to make identical galls; this might mean co-occurrence.
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Farkas (1965a), Hellrigl (2003a), Houard (1908a), Jočić & Petanović (2012a), Ludwig (1974a), Petanović & Stanković (1999a), Roskam (2009a), Tomasi (2014a), Weidner (1954a).