Vicia hirsuta, Belgium, prov. Namur, Vierves-sur-Viroin; leg. Sébastien Carbonnelle © Gilles San Martin

detail

Trifolium hybridum, Amstelveen, Schinkelbos

gall

the mite also causes a strong upwards and inwards rolling of the leaflets.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Lens culinaris, nigricans; Medicago carstiensis, falcata; Ononis minutissima; Trifolium arvense, aureum, dubium, hybridum & subsp. elegans, medium, pratense, repens, spadiceum, striatum; Vicia hirsuta, tetrasperma

synonyms

Aceria, Eriophyes, plicator trifolii Nalepa, 1929; Aceria, Eriophyes, Phytoptus trifolii.

notes

An identical gall is caused by a phytoplasma; at least an inspection of the gall for the presence of gall mites is necessary.

Gall mites generally are strictly monophagous therefore the large variation in host plants and in type of gall quite remarkable.

references

Bohinc & Trdan (2013a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Davis, Flechtmann, Boczek & Barké (1982a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Farkas (1965a), Hellrigl (2003a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka (2007a), Roivainen (1947a), Roskam (2009a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2014a).