Eriophyes rubicolens ( Canestrini, 1891 )

Pye, Daniel R. L. & Lillo, Enrico De, 2010, A review of the eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Rubus spp. in Britain, with a new species (Diptilomiopidae) and two new records, Zootaxa 2677, pp. 15-26 : 24

Eriophyes rubicolens ( Canestrini, 1891)

Type host and locality. R. fruticosus , Italy.

Distribution. Czech Republic ( Vaneckova-Skuhrava, 1996), Denmark (Liro & Roivainen, 1952), France ( Nalepa, 1898) and Italy ( Canestrini, 1891).

Relation to the host. Gall-making: causes erinea on the foliage.

Remarks. Recorded in England: by Bagnall and Harrison (1928) from an unspecified host, with no collection information provided, only reference to Nalepa (1898) and Houard No. 3027 (1909) was given; by Turk (1953); and by Ecott (2006) on “bramble” and recorded as causing a “raised bulge on leaf”. These records were all made on observed damage symptoms alone and cannot be confirmed or verified.