Appearance
They are microscopic mites, worm like, and have only two pairs of legs.They form globular red galls in the leaf of the plant they invade. The galls are red, less than 3 mm high and have a rounded apex. The galls are seen more often than the mite.
Distribution
Europe.Behavior
Their primary method of population spread is by wind.Habitat
Host plantsSapindaceae, monophagous
Acer campestre, monspessulanum, negundo, pseudoplatanus, rubrum, tataricum
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