Phyllocoptes minutissimus

Eriophyes minutissimus

Eriophyidae

Aculus

Acer rubrum

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Acer x freemanii

Aculus minutissimus

Phyllocoptes minutissimus, sp. nov.

Described from individuals found among red erineum galls on the upper surfaces of leaves of the red maple, Acer rubrum L.

New Species of Maple Mites

Phyllocoptes minutissimus

Acer rubrum

Red erineum on the upper leaf surface

Eriophyes sp. [these two species are presumably also A minutissimus]

Acer rubrum

A whitish or brown erineum in elongated patches on the veins, on the upper side of the leaf.

A whitish, frostlike erineum with small spots of rosy pink spreading broadly along the main veins, on the upper surface.

Key to American Insect Galls

Eriophyes minutissimus

Hosts: Acer rubrum

In addition to bladder galls, Hodgkiss (1913) described four species of eriophyids that are associated with erineum on leaves of red maple in New York. They are Eriophyes major Hodgkiss, E. minutissimus (Hodgkiss), E ornatus Hodgkiss [now a synonym of E major], and E quinquilobus (Hodgkiss). 


An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America

Aculus minutissimus

Phyllocoptes minutissimus
Eriophyes minutissimus

Hosts: Acer rubrum

Relationship: White or red erineum consisting of large capitate multicellular processes on the upper surfaces of leaves. It may be an inquiline.

Range: NH, NY, WV

Amrine Catalog