''Aceria'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

s belonging to the family

Eriophyidae Eriophyidae is a family of more than 200 genera of mites, which live as plant parasites, commonly causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues and hence known as gall mites. About 3,600 species have been described, but this is probably l ...

, the gall mites. These tiny animals are

parasites Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s. Several species can cause blistering and

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or war ...

s, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant

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, while others are useful as agents of

biological pest control Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or ot ...

invasive plant An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native speci ...

s such as rush skeletonweed (''Chondrilla juncea''),

creeping thistle ''Cirsium arvense'' is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere.Joint Nature Conservation Committee''Cirsium arvense'' The standa ...

(''Cirsium arvense''), and field bindweed (''Convolvulus arvensis''). There are over 900 species in the genus. In 2017, a new species, ''

Aceria pycnocomi ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

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Common broom afflicted by Broom gall mite

Selected species

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Aceria aloinis ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasitism, parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significa ...

'' – aloe mite * '' Aceria anthocoptes'' rust mite, russet mite * ''

Aceria baccharices ''Aceria baccharices'', also known as the mulefat leaf-blister mite and formerly known as ''Eriophyes baccharices'', is a species of arachnid native to North America that induces galls on two California willows, '' Baccharis salicifolia'' and '' ...

'' Arroyo willow mite * ''

Aceria banatica ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' Vidovic, B. (2011)
A new ''Aceria'' species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on ''Echinops ritro'' L. subsp. ''ruthenicus'' (M.Bieb.) Nyman (Asteraceae) from Serbia and a supplement to the original description of ''Aceria brevicincta'' (Nalepa 1898).
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Aceria bipedis ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

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Aceria brachytarsus ''Aceria brachytarsus'', formerly ''Eriophyes brachytarsus'', also known as the pouch gall mite or the walnut purse gall mite, is an eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-pouch galls on various species of walnut trees including ''Juglans californic ...

'' * '' Acaria cajani'' * '' Aceria calaceris'' – western maple erineum mite * '' Aceria calystegiae'' * '' Aceria campestricola'' * '' Aceria capreae'' * ''

Aceria carmichaeliae ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

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Aceria chondrillae ''Aceria chondrillae'' (chondrilla gall mite, skeletonweed gall mite) is a gall-forming deuterogynous eriophyid mite. It is often used as a biological control of the noxious weed ''Chondrilla juncea'' (rush skeletonweed), a highly competitive her ...

'' – skeletonweed gall mite, chondrilla gall mite * '' Aceria clianthi'' * ''

Aceria cynodoniensis ''Aceria cynodoniensis'', the bermudagrass mite, is widely distributed, but only infests bermudagrass ''Cynodon dactylon'', commonly known as Bermuda grass, also known as couch grass in Australia and New Zealand, is a grass found worldwide. I ...

'' * '' Aceria depressae'' * '' Aceria diospyri'' * '' Aceria elongata'' – crimson erineum mite * '' Aceria erinea'' * '' Aceria eriobotryae'' * '' Aceria ficus'' * ''

Aceria fraxini ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' – ash bead gall mite * ''

Aceria fraxiniflora ''Aceria fraxiniflora'', the ash flower gall mite, is a species of gall mite that produces galls Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissue ...

'' (Felt, 1906) – ash flower gall mite * '' Aceria fraxinicola'' * '' Aceria fraxinivora'' * '' Aceria gallae'' * ''

Aceria genistae ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' – broom gall mite * '' Aceria gersoni'' * '' Aceria gleicheniae'' * ''

Aceria guerreronis ''Aceria guerreronis'', the coconut mite, is an eriophyid mite which infests coconut plantations. It is economically devastating, and can destroy up to 60% of coconut production. The immature nuts are infested and injured by mites feeding in th ...

'' * '' Aceria hagleyensis'' * ''

Aceria healyi ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

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Aceria ilicis ''Aceria ilicis'' is a species of mite that causes growths, known as galls, on the leaves of holm oak (''Quercus ilex''). It was first described by the Italian naturalist and biologist, Giovanni Canestrini in 1890. It is found in Europe and Turk ...

'' * '' Aceria iteina'' * '' Aceria jasmini'' * '' Aceria jasminoidis'' * '' Aceria korelli'' * '' Aceria kuko'' * ''

Aceria labiatiflorae ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasitism, parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significa ...

'' (syn. ''A. oregani'') * '' Aceria lanyuensis'' * ''

Aceria litchii ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' * '' Aceria litseae'' * '' Aceria lycopersici'' * ''

Aceria mackiei ''Aceria mackiei'', previously ''Eriophyes mackiei'', the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak ''Quercus wislizeni'', known by the common name interior liv ...

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Aceria malherbae ''Aceria malherbae'' is a species of gall mite known as the bindweed gall mite. It is used as an agent of biological pest control on invasive species of bindweed, particularly field bindweed (''Convolvulus arvensis''). This mite is native to c ...

'' – bindweed gall mite * '' Aceria mangiferae'' * '' Aceria manukae'' * '' Aceria mayae'' * '' Aceria melicopis'' * '' Aceria melicyti'' * '' Aceria microphyllae'' * '' Aceria mikaniae'' * '' Aceria monoica'' * '' Aceria nervisequa'' * ''

Aceria oleae ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' * '' Aceria parvensis'' * '' Aceria pimeliae'' * '' Aceria pipturi'' * '' Aceria plagianthi'' * '' Aceria pobuzii'' * ''

Aceria pseudoplatani ''Aceria pseudoplatani'' causes the sycamore felt gall that is found on the leaves of sycamores (''Acer pseudoplatanus'') or Norway maple (''Acer platanoides ''Acer platanoides'', commonly known as the Norway maple, is a species of maple nat ...

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Aceria roxburghianae ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' * '' Aceria rubifaciens'' * '' Aceria sacchari'' * ''

Aceria serratifoliae ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

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Aceria sheldoni ''Aceria sheldoni'', commonly called the citrus bud mite, is a species of mite belonging to the family Eriophyidae. It feeds in leaf- and flower-buds of ''Citrus'' spp., causing deformation to leaves, flowers and fruit, and is a worldwide pest of ...

'' – citrus bud mite * '' Aceria shepherdiae'' * '' Aceria simonensis'' * '' Aceria spicati'' * '' Aceria strictae'' * '' Aceria sylvestrae'' * '' Aceria taiwanensis'' * '' Aceria tenuifolii'' * '' Aceria titirangiensis'' * ''

Aceria tosichella ''Aceria'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. These tiny animals are parasites of plants. Several species can cause blistering and galls, including erineum galls. A few are economically significant pests, wh ...

'' * '' Aceria tulipae'' * '' Aceria victoriae'' * '' Aceria waltheri'' * '' Aceria virosae'' * '' Aceria yushania'' * '' Aceria zoysima''

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Plant Parasites of Europe
Eriophyidae Animals described in 1944 Galls Taxa named by Hartford H Keifer Trombidiformes genera {{Trombidiformes-stub