Aceria spicati

Eriophyes spicati
Eriophyes parallelus

Hosts: Acer spicatum

Relationship: Small white "frost" (= erineum) galls on leaf underside at vein angles

Notes: Listed as nomen nudum by Nalepa (1929b) and Amrine & Stasny (1994), Baker et al. (1996), but meets all criteria for a valid species.

Range: MA, NY, NC, WV

Eriophyes parallelus

Acer spicatum

Whitish erineum on the upper [sic] leaf surface

Eriophyes parallelus sp. nov.

Described from individuals found in a whitish erineum on the under surfaces of leaves of the mountain maple, Acer spicatum L., collected by Prof. F.C. Stewart at Seventh Lake, Adirondack Mountains, New York.