Aceria tenella Acari: Eriophyoidea - gall mite
Aceria tenella

Photographs on Carpinus betulus, Hornbeam

Hosts:
Carpinus betulus, C. orientalis and Ostrya carpinifolia

Upperside bulge in the angle between veins, erineum with long, spiralled hairs below


Other erinea on lower surface of leaves are at present unidentified


Aceria tenella

Aceria tenella

Aceria tenella
Aceria tenella
Upton Country Park, Dorset. September 2017

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