Callyntrotus trilobus Nalepa, 1923

Acari, Eriophyidae

on Sambucus

gall

deformation and discolouration of the leaves, inrolling of the leaf margin.

hostplants

Adoxaceae, monophagous

Sambucus.

notes

despite the confusing identity of the specific name, this is not a synonym of Epitrimerus trilobus, that often is cited as (the only) causer of leaf margin galls in elder. Whether both species co-occur in the same gall, perhaps the one as an inquiline of the other, is not clear.

references

Farkas (1965a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a).

25/11/2014