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Aceria cephaloneus · gumbadarė erkė

  • Aceria cephalonea
  • Sycamore Cherry Mite
  • Ahornvortegalmide
  • Esdoornknobbelmijt
  • platanlønnmidd

Aceria cephaloneus is a tiny mite, about 0.16 mm in size. It has several generations during the year. In the spring, the females begin to suck on the leaves and thus initiate the formation of small galls in which the mites reproduce and live. The galls are small, only 1-2 mm in size and are often in large numbers on the upper side of the leaf. Yellow-green, more often red. The mites overwinter hide in the bark crevices or near the buds. It lives almost exclusively on the sycamore maple. The galls are seen more often than the mite. Host plants: mainly Acer pseudoplatanus, rarely also on A. campestre, A. monspessulanum, A. negundo, A. rubrum, A. tataricum.

It can be confused with a similar species of mite - Aceria macrorhyncha, however, it has much larger galls (up to 5-6 mm), which are elongated and with pointed tip.

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