Aceria genistae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
Hosts: Cytisus scoparius / Genista monspessulana
Detachable: integral
Color: gray, red, white, green
Texture: woolly, hairy
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Shape: tuft
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Location: bud
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Common Name(s): Broom Gall Mite
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Invasion of the gall mite Aceria genistae (Acari: Eriophyidae), a natural enemy of the invasive weed Cytisus scoparius,into California, U.S.A. and predictions for climate suitability in other regions using ecological niche modelling
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Feeding by the mite transforms meristematic buds into diagnostic galls ... Galls are characterised as deformed foliar tissue that collectively forms a round, pubescent mass arising from a foliar bud.
”- Paul D. Pratt, Michael J. Pitcairn, Scott Oneto, M. Brent Kelley, Clayton J. Sodergren, Frédéric Beaulieu, Wayne Knee & Jennifer Andreas: (2019) Invasion of the gall mite Aceria genistae (Acari: Eriophyidae), a natural enemy of the invasive weed Cytisus scoparius,into California, U.S.A. and predictions for climate suitability in other regions using ecological niche modelling©
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