Genus: Aculops Keifer, 1966

Aculops macrotrichus (Nalepa, 1889)

Type data. Carpinus betulus L. ( Betulaceae); Austria.

Host plant records from Latvia. Carpinus betulus L. ( Betulaceae).

Relation to plant host. Gall-making (Skoracka et al. 2005).

Bibliographical records from Latvia. Aceria macrotricha — Rupais 1976 a, 1976b, 1981, 1999; Aculops macrotrichus — Rupais et al. 2014; Eriophyes macrotrichus — Eglītis 1956 .

Distribution in Latvia. Rupais (1976 a, 1976b) reported this species as rare (sporadic).