Aceria labiatiflorae
The mite Aceria labiatiflorae galls Wild Origanum (Origanum vulgare). The flowers and leaves become matted with a felt of white hairs.
Other species (gall-midge Blastomyia origani and aphid Aphis origani) can cause shoot tips to thicken and bunch together, but the mite causes the leaves to be covered in white felted hairs
Gall 
Adult 
Wherever Wild Origanum occurs.
When Wild Origanum is in leaf.
Little recorded in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Bloody Oaks Quarry
04 August 2018
galls on Wild Marjoram
David Nicholls
Bloody Oaks Quarry
04 August 2018
sue
Ketton Quarry NR
07 August 2024
sue
Ketton Quarry NR
07 August 2024
mite from inside gall x400 magn.
martindgrimes
Clipsham
31 July 2016
sue
Ketton Quarry NR
07 August 2024
mites inside gall
sue
Ketton Quarry NR
07 August 2024
mite inside gall x100 magn.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trombidiformes
- Family:
- Eriophyidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 17
- First record:
- 31/07/2016 (Grimes, Martin)
- Last record:
- 07/08/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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