Lockerbie Wildlife Trust (LWT)

Scottish Charity Number - SC005538

Plant Galls

  • Deciduous Trees
    • Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Psyllopsis fraxini

      Psyllid

      On leaves

    • Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Acalitus stenaspis

      Mite

      Leaf roll

      Aceria nervisequa

      Mite

      Pink tufts on leaves

      Hartigiola annulipes

      Midge

      Pustule on leaf

    • Birch, Downy (Betula pubescens)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Acalitus rudis

      Mite

      On leaves

      Anisostephus betulinus

      Midge

      On leaves

      Semudobia betulae

      Midge

      Wing Gall

      Taphrina betulina

      Fungus

      Witches' Broom

    • Elder (Sambucus nigra)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Placochela nigripes

      Midge

      on flower buds

    • Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Gymnosporangium clavariiforme

      Fungus (rust)

      Tongues of Fire

      Mite

      Leaf margin roll

    • Oak, Sessile (Quercus petraea)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Andricus curvator

      Wasp (sexual)

      On leaves

      Wasp (agamic)

      Oak Artichoke Gall

      Andricus inflator

      Wasp (agamic)

      On twigs

      Wasp

      Oak Marble Gall

      Wasp (agamic)

      On buds

      Andricus quercusscalicis

      Wasp

      Oak Knopper Gall

      Biorhiza pallida

      Wasp

      Oak Apple Gall

      Heliozella sericiella

      Moth

      On twigs

      Neuroterus albipes

      Wasp (sexual)

      Smooth Spangle Gall

      Neuroterus anthracinus

      Wasp (agamic)

      Oyster G. / April-bud Gall

      Neuroterus numismalis

      Wasp (agamic)

      Silk Button Gall on leaf

      Wasp (agamic)

      Common Spangle G. on leaf

      Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

      Wasp (agamic)

      Currant G. on catkin & leaf

      Wasp (agamic)

      On twigs of seedling

    • Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Eriophyes pyri

      Mite

      Pearlleaf Blister

    • Sycamore (Acer pseudoplantanus)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Aceria cephalonea

      Mite

      Sycamore Felt Gall

      Aceria pseudoplatani

      Mite

      On leaves

    • Willow, Goat (Salix caprea)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Iteomyia major

      Midge

      On leaves

      Melampsora caprearum

      Fungus

      Rust on leaves

      Phyllocolpa ssp.

      Sawfly

      Leaf fold

      Pontania bridgmanii

      Sawfly

      On leaves

    • Willow, Grey (Salix cinerea)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Iteomyia major

      Midge

      on leaves

  • Shrubs
    • Bramble (Rubus sp.)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Dasineura plicatrix

      Midge

      Blackberry Leaf Gall

    • Broom (Cytisus scoparius)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Asphondylia sarothamni

      Midge

      On pods

      Asphondylia sarothamni (spring gen.)

      Midge

      On flower buds

    • Dog Rose (Rosa canina)

      Gall Inducer

      Common Name

      Name / Position of Gall

      Blennocampa phyllocolpa

      Sawfly

      On leaves

      Midge

      On leaves

      Wasp

      Robin’s Pin Cushion

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