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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) » Aculus » Aculus minutissimus
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Unknown Maple Leaf Miner - Aculus minutissimus
Copyright © 2014 New Hampshire Gardener

Unknown Maple Leaf Miner - Aculus minutissimus
Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
June 12, 2014
I'm hoping that someone can identify the insect that caused this damage to a maple leaf. I'm seeing quite a lot of it in this area. Thank you.
This is my 4th or 5th try uploading this photo.
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Contributed by New Hampshire Gardener on 26 June, 2014 - 9:51am
Last updated 22 February, 2020 - 12:48pm

Moved
Moved from gall mites.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 February, 2020 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Aculus minutissimus
Aculus minutissimus

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/915224-Aculus-minutissimus
… Adam Kranz, 22 February, 2020 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

 
What distinguishes this from
What distinguishes this from all the other maple erineum mites?
… Charley Eiseman, 22 February, 2020 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Host species
and gall morphology. The original Hodgkiss description lists four erineum mites on Acer rubrum, one of which has since been synonymized. I have no idea how to distinguish the two that form splotchy white/red erineum galls on the bottom of the leaf, but the one that forms white/red erineum along the veins of the top of the leaf is A minutissimus. I can send the original paper if you're interested but I'm mainly relying on the Amrine catalog.
… Adam Kranz, 22 February, 2020 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 June, 2014 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

Gall mites
Several different eriophyid mites produce similar fuzz (called erineum) on maple leaves.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 June, 2014 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for your help.
Thank you for your help.
… New Hampshire Gardener, 26 June, 2014 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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