Aculus xylostei
Aculus xylostei is a mite that causes a leaf roll gall on the leaves of Honeysuckle. The leaves are affected by a narrow, tight roll, usually downwards, often reddish clearly thickened and causing crinkling of the leaf margin or a pleat parallel to the leaf margin. The roll is often lined with hairs containing mites.
Gall 
Adult 
On the leaves of Honeysuckle
When Honeysuckle is in leaf.
British status not known.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Maggie Frankum
Knighton garden
24 June 2013
gall on honeysuckle leaf
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
22 June 2014
Underside
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
22 June 2014
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- Species group:
- Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Trombidiformes
- Family:
- Eriophyidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 24/06/2013 (Frankum, Maggie)
- Last record:
- 26/05/2024 (Smith, Peter)
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Peter Smith
Cropston garden
22 June 2014
