Trisetacus pini (Nalepa, 1887)pine bud mite
on Pinus
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).