Lime - Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea

Eriophyes exilis

The mite Eriophyes exilis causes galls to form on the leaves of Lime. The galls are of two sorts: a small hairy hemispherical bump on the top surface of the leaf, in a vein axil; and an erineum either on the underside or top side of the leaf.  

Mistletoe

Mistletoe (Viscum album) is a yellowish green shrub, regularly branched, hairless forming rounded clumps up to one metre across on tree branches. Leaves oblong, leathery, opposite and untoothed. Flowers inconspicuous, unisexual with male and female on separate plants, 4 parted in small stalkless clusters. Fruit a white berry during winter.

Stigmella tiliae

Nut Scale

Nut Scale (Eulecanium tiliae) affects various woody plants including trees and shrubs such as Hawthorn, Oak, Ash, Hornbeam, Field Maple and fruit trees such as Apple and Pear.

Mistletoe

Mistletoe is a yellowish green shrub, regularly branched, hairless forming rounded clumps up to one metre across on tree branches. Leaves oblong, leathery, opposite and untoothed. Flowers inconspicuous, unisexual with male and female on separate plants, 4 parted in small stalkless clusters. Fruit a white berry during winter. It is parasitic on deciduous trees, especially Apple, Lime, Hawthorn and Poplar.

Pristiphora leucopus

The larva of the sawfly Pristiphora leucopusfeeds on Small-leaved Lime and Common Lime. It is green with a paler head. 

Oak Slug Sawfly

The larva of the Oak Slug Sawfly (Caliroa annulipes) usually feeds on Oak, butwill sometimes use Lime.  The larvae are quite transparent when young, becoming greener with age. The larvae of Caliroa annulipes lack yellow at the head end - as seen in some other Caliroa larvae.

Parna tenella

The adult Parna tenella sawfly is 4 to 5 mm. The head, thorax and abdomen are all black or piceous. In the male, the legs and much of the abdomen are reddish-yellow (darker basally). In the female, the tegulae are dark. The hind legs with the trochanters and femora entirely yellow. Parna tenella larvae mine the leaves of Lime, particularly Small-leaved Lime, producing a somewhat inflated full depth blotch, that begins at the leaf margin. The oviposition causes the leaf to roll inwards, covering (and often partly hiding) the mine. There are often several mines in a leaf. Mainly in suckers. Frass pellets up to 2 mm long.

Phytoptus tetratrichus

The galls caused by the gall mite Phytoptus tetratrichus occur on the leaves of some species of Lime and take the form of a tight, usually downward, roll on the edge of the leaf 1 to 2 mm wide. It may be short or long and may even affect the whole leaf margin.  Inside it is hairy and contains mites.

Lime Aphid

All adult viviparae of Eucallipterus tiliae are alates (winged) The body is pale yellow with black markings, including lateral stripes on head and prothorax and two rows of black dorsal abdominal spots. The forewing has a dark front edge and dark spots at the tips of the oblique veins.

Dasineura tiliae

The galls caused by the gall midge Dasineura tiliae occur on the leaves of some species of Lime and take the form of a wide upward roll on the edge of mature leaves.  The affected leaves are often reddish or purplish.

Contarinia tiliarum

Parna apicalis

The adult Parna apicalis sawfly is 3.5 to 4 mm. The head, thorax and abdomen are all black or piceous. The tegulae and tibiae and tarsi are marked with yellow. The hind coxa, trochanters and femora are black. Parna apicalis larvae mine the leaves of Lime trees creating a blister mine in contact with the leaf edge but does not cause the leaf to curl as Parna tenella does. Rarely more than one mine per leaf. Mines mainly in the canopy. Frass grains elliptic, about 0.5 mm long.

Dasineura thomasiana

The larvae of the gall midge Dasineura thomasiana cause galls on various species of Lime. Young terminal leaves are rolled and distorted, the veins thickened.

Physemocecis hartigi

The larva of the midge Physemocecis hartigi produces a gall on the leaves of Lime, most commonly on Small-leaved Lime. The galls are small, flat and lens shaped, generally several on a leaf, each with one white larva that leaves the gall by an opening at the underside. 

Eriophyes tiliae

The larva of the gall mite Eriophyes tiliae causes gall to develop on the upper surface of Lime tree leaves.  The galls can be long and pointed ('nail galls') or shorter and with rounded tips, and are often reddened. 

Didymomyia tiliacea

Didymomyia tiliacea is a gall forming midge found on Lime.  The larvae produce a gall that is a woody swelling, most often on upperside, conical above and hemispherical below.  In midsummer a inner gall sticks out from the cone, later falling and leaving a hole in the outer gall which then become covered over. 

Bucculatrix thoracella

The adult Bucculatrix thoracella moth has a wingspan of 6 to 8 mm. A tiny but easily distinguished species, showing large brown patches on a yellow ground colour and a narrow brown streak extending into the cilia.  The larva mines the leaves of Lime, creating a small hook-shaped mine; later instars feed freely on the leaves.