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.