Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Eriophyes albaespinae

Eriophyes albaespinae Cotte, 1912

Acari, Eriophyidae

on Crataegus

gall

vein axil at the underside unusually hairy, corresponding upperside with a slight bulge.

hostplants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Crataegus.

notes

Although, according to the description, the gall looks characteristically enough, I have been able to find just one reference to it in the literature.

references

Redfern & Shirley (2011a).

03/04/2014

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