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Acalitus plicans

Acalitus plicans

Classification

Acalitus plicans is an eriophyid mite which causes galls on beech (Fagus sylvatica). It is found in Europe and was first described by the Austrian zoologist Alfred Nalepa in 1917. Description of the gall The leaf is distorted and crumpled with folds, and is covered with reddish hairs.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 4