Phyllocoptes goniothorax

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Description

Phyllocoptes goniothorax is a gall mite which causes leaf roll on the edges of Hawthorn leaves. It may occasionally cause an erineum on the underside

Identification difficulty

Gall  Adult

Habitat

Wherever Hawthorn is present.

When to see it

Summer and autumn whilst Hawthorn is in leaf.

UK Status

Widespread but poorly recorded in Britain.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft NR
    02 August 2018
    galls on hawthorn
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    27 June 2013
    gall on Hawthorn - underside
  • Graham Calow
    Stoney Stanton
    18 September 2012
    on Hawthorn - underside of leaf
  • Graham Calow
    Stoney Stanton
    18 September 2012
    on Hawthorn - upperside of leaf
  • Graham Calow
    M69 Island, Sapcote
    06 June 2014
    galls on Hawthorn - underside of leaf
  • Graham Calow
    Stoney Stanton, Highgate Lodge Farm
    01 May 2019
    gall on Hawthorn - underside

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Species group:
Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Trombidiformes
Family:
Eriophyidae
Records on NatureSpot:
177
First record:
04/06/2009 (Clough, Jerry)
Last record:
31/08/2024 (Graves, Hazel)

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  • Graham Calow
    Stoney Stanton
    18 September 2012
    on Hawthorn - underside of leaf
  • Graham Calow
    M69 Island, Sapcote
    06 June 2014
    galls on Hawthorn - surface of leaf
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    30 May 2013
    leafroll gall on Hawthorn
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    30 May 2013
    leafroll gall on Hawthorn
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
    16 June 2014
    gall on Hawthorn
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft
    03 October 2016
  • Peter Smith
    Cropston garden
    20 August 2017