Aculus magnirostris
The gall mite Aculus magnirostris galls the leaves of Crack-willow and White Willow. This galling may cause a fairly long section of the leaf edge to roll, but the leaf does not twist. Its is an open, not closed, gall
Aculus craspedobius on willows; Rabdophaga marginemtorquens on osier or R clusilia on Salix alba also cause leaf rolls, which are not hairy inside (not more so than host plant is hairy)
Aculus tetanothrix can cause small closed galls on leaf edges of willows
gall 
Adult
Wherever the host willow species occur.
Galls may be encountered at any time that the host species are in leaf.
True status in Britain is difficult to determine due to lack of records.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- acarine (Acari)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trombidiformes
- Family:
- Eriophyidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 02/09/2018 (lemmon, roy)
- Last record:
- 02/09/2018 (lemmon, roy)
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Graham Calow
Dunton Gorse
27 September 2018
leaf roll gall on Crack-willow
