Trisetacus pini (Nalepa, 1887)

pine bud mite

on Pinus

Pinus sylvestris, Poland, Jastarnia © Stéphane Claerebout

other specimens

gall

More or less rounded, about 2 cm long, yellowish brown swellings of young branches, in fact malignant growth of their bark. The galls are smooth at first, rough later. In the galls many narrow channels where the mites are living. The galls remain for years on the tree (Buhr 1965b; Redfern & Shirley, 2011a).

host plants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Pinus mugo, nigra, strobus, sylvestris.

synonyms

Eriophyes pini.

references

Béguinot (2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Boczek (1964a), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Farkas (1965a, 1966a), Hellrigl (2003a, 2006a), Houard (1908a), Jočić & Petanović (2012a), Kiedrowicz, Lewandowski & Skoracka (2016a), Lewandowski, Skoracka, Szydło ao (2014a), Máca (2012a), Petanović & Stanković (1999a), Pye (2012a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka (2007a), Roskam (2009a), Skoracka, Lewandowski & Boczek (2005a), Tomasi (2003a), Vaněčková-Skuhravá (1996a), Weidner (1954a).