Cecidophyes galii Acari: Eriophyoidea - gall mite
Cecidophyes galii

Galls on Galium mollugo, Hedge Bedstraw. Mites not examined

Hosts (bladmineerders.nl):
Cruciata glabra, laevipes and Galium aparine, boreale, constrictum, mollugo, palustre, parisiense, pumilum, saxatile, tricornutum, uliginosum, verum

The galls are identical to those of Cecidophyes rouhollahi.
Redfern and Shirley (2011) believe all British records are C. rouhollahi (first described 1999) and that there is no evidence at present that C. galii occurs in Britain


Cecidophyes galii

Cecidophyes galii

Cecidophyes galii
Cecidophyes galii
Badbury Rings, Dorset. April 2018

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