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Eriophyes tiliae

Synonyms: Eriophyes tiliae typicus; Phytoptus tiliae (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eriophyes tiliae is a mite that forms the lime nail gall or bugle gall. It develops in a chemically induced gall; an erect, oblique or curved distortion rising up from the upper surface of the leaves of the common lime (US: linden) tree Tilia × europaea (synonym T. × vulgaris).
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Infraspecies

Eriophyes tiliae exilis
Eriophyes tiliae tiliae

Prey / Diet

Tilia americana (American basswood)[1]
Tilia cordata (littleleaf linden)[1]
Tilia platyphyllos (largeleaf linden)[1]

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♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0