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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Aceria megacerus

Range & Status

Acari: Eriophyoidea; locally common.

Regional Distribution

VC1: SW53 1901, SW73 2001, SW75 2002 and 2008.

Habitat & Ecology

Associated species: Water Mint Mentha aquatica and other Mentha species. Leaves at shoot tip deformed and hairy with chloranthy.

Threats

Unknown.

Conservation

Unknown.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.