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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Eleutherengona » Raphignathina » Eriophyoidea » Gall mites (Eriophyidae) » Aceria
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Lycium sp. Leaf Gall [Aceria?] ID Request - Aceria
Copyright © 2011 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Lycium sp. Leaf Gall [Aceria?] ID Request - Aceria
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
October 24, 2010
Topside of leaf.

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Lycium sp. Leaf Gall [Aceria?] ID Request - Aceria Lycium sp. Leaf Gall [Aceria?] ID Request - Aceria
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 20 September, 2011 - 11:50am
Last updated 20 September, 2011 - 12:55pm

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Sure looks like it. I suppose we'd have to check all those other species associated with Lycium to see if any others make galls like this, before labeling this Aceria kuko. For future reference (in case that link goes away), the other species recorded from Lycium are A. caulicecis (Keifer), A. eucricotes (Nalepa), A. kendalli Baker, A. macrodonis Keifer, A. pallida Keifer, and A. wagnoni (Keifer). All are recorded from the USA, unlike A. kuko.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 September, 2011 - 12:55pm login or register to post comments

If these are arthropod galls,
I would guess they are midge galls. If so, they're not in (1). They could be caused by fungi or bacteria. If you find them again, I would try opening some up to see if there are larvae inside.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 September, 2011 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
My
'Aceria' guess came from seeing this:
http://fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/publications/documents/factsheets/gojiGallMite.pdf

But I will look for them again this year.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 20 September, 2011 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

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