Phytoptus tetratrichus
The galls caused by the gall mite Phytoptus tetratrichus occur on the leaves of some species of Lime and take the form of a tight, usually downward, roll on the edge of the leaf 1 to 2 mm wide. It may be short or long and may even affect the whole leaf margin. Inside it is hairy and contains mites. The gall is recorded more often than the adult.
Dasineura tiliae and D thomasiana (gall-midges) cause looser rolls of the leaf edges, usually upwards, on lime
Gall 
Adult 
Where the host species of Lime occur.
Galls can be seen when Lime is in leaf.
Little recorded in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Kilby Woodland Trust - Woodland Walk
03 July 2024
gall on Lime
Graham Calow
Kilby Woodland Trust - Woodland Walk
03 July 2024
gall on Lime
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
28 May 2018
gall on Lime
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
28 May 2018
gall on Lime
sue
Swithland Wood, southern part
31 May 2023
sue
Market Bosworth CP
30 September 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trombidiformes
- Family:
- Phytoptidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 28/05/2018 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 03/07/2024 (Calow, Graham)
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