''Aceria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

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 Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

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, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...

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, such as insects, mites, weeds, and plant diseases, using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also invo ...

invasive plant An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...

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.) Aceria origani 01

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Aceria aloinis ''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, ...

'' – aloe mite * ''

Aceria anthocoptes ''Aceria anthocoptes'', also known as the russet mite, rust mite, thistle mite or the Canada thistle mite, is a species of mite that belongs to the family Eriophyidae. It was first described by Alfred Nalepa in 1892. ''Aceria anthocoptes'' can b ...

'' – rust mite, russet 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, ...

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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, ...

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Aceria calaceris ''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, ...

'' – western maple erineum mite * ''

Aceria calystegiae ''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, ...

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Aceria campestricola ''Aceria campestricola'', is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae. The mite causes galls on the leaves of elms (''Ulmus'' species) and was described by Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld in 1865. Description The mites pass the winter hidden in ...

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Aceria capreae ''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, ...

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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, ...

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

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

Aceria clianthi ''Aceria clianthi'' is a species of mite belonging to the family Eriophyidae. It is found only in New Zealand. It is notable for being host specific to threatened plants of the genus ''Clianthus ''Clianthus'', commonly known as kakabeak (''k ...

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

Aceria fraxini ''Aceria fraxini'', the ash bead gall mite, is a species of mites in the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites. Ecology Range is North America, including southern Canada and most of the continental United States. Mites form numerous capsule galls, ...

'' – ash bead gall mite * '' Aceria fraxinicola'' * '' Aceria fraxinivora'' * '' Aceria gallae'' * '' Aceria genistae'' * '' 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 ...

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Aceria hagleyensis ''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 healyi'' * '' Aceria iteina'' * '' Aceria jasmini'' * '' Aceria jasminoidis'' * '' Aceria korelli'' * '' Aceria kuko'' * '' Aceria labiatiflorae'' (syn. ''A. oregani'') * '' Aceria lanyuensis'' * '' Aceria litchii'' * '' Aceria litseae'' * ''

Aceria lycopersici ''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 ...

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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 ...

'' – bindweed gall mite * ''

Aceria mangiferae ''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 manukae ''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, ...

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Aceria mayae ''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, ...

'' * '' Aceria melicopis'' * ''

Aceria melicyti ''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, ...

'' * '' Aceria microphyllae'' * '' Aceria mikaniae'' * '' Aceria monoica'' * '' Aceria nervisequa'' * '' 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 nati ...

'' * '' Aceria roxburghianae'' * '' 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'' 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, ...

'' * '' Aceria simonensis'' * ''

Aceria spicati ''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 strictae'' * ''

Aceria sylvestrae ''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, ...

'' * '' Aceria taiwanensis'' * ''

Aceria tenuifolii ''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, ...

'' * '' Aceria titirangiensis'' * '' Aceria tosichella'' * '' Aceria tulipae'' * '' Aceria victoriae'' * ''

Aceria waltheri ''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 virosae'' * ''

Aceria yushania ''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 ...

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Aceria zoysima ''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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* * Eriophyidae Animals described in 1944 Taxa named by Hartford H Keifer Trombidiformes genera {{Trombidiformes-stub