Walnut pouch gall mite

Aceria brachytarsus

Classification

Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Eriophyidae

Aceria brachytarsus, formerly Eriophyes brachytarsus, also known as the pouch gall mite or the walnut purse gall mite, is an eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-pouch galls on various species of walnut trees including Juglans californica. The gall produced by this mite initially looks like a bladder gall. This gall has been observed in California, Iran, and Spain.

Distribution

Walnut pouch gall mite — (c) Amelia Tauber, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 9Germany · 8United Kingdom · 3France · 2Belgium · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Amelia Tauber, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAceria brachytarsus, Wikipedia contributors

Walnut pouch gall mite

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