''Eriophyes'' is a genus of

acari 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 ...

that forms

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, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''

Celastrina serotina ''Celastrina serotina'', the cherry gall azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found across North America as far north as the treeline. Its flight time is between mid-May and mid-June in eastern Ontario after the spring azure and ...

'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it one of the uncommon carnivorous Lepidoptera.''Celastrina serotina'' (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a New Butterfly Species from the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.
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Species

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Eriophyes alniincanae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' Nalepa, 1919 * '' Eriophyes amelancheus'' Nalepa, 1926 * ''

Eriophyes arianus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly '' Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it ...

'' (Canestrini 1890) * ''

Eriophyes betulae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' * '' Eriophyes betulinus'' * ''

Eriophyes bucidae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' * '' Eriophyes buxi'' * ''

Eriophyes calcercis ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , purple erineum maple mite * ''

Eriophyes calophylli ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes calycophthirus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes canestrini ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes canestrinii ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes cerasicrumena ''Eriophyes cerasicrumena'', the black cherry leaf gall mite, is a species of gall mite in the family Eriophyidae. This species was formerly a member of the genus '' Phytoptus''. They produce galls on black cherry ''Prunus serotina'', commo ...

'' , black cherry finger gall mite * ''

Eriophyes 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 herb ...

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Eriophyes condrillae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , gall mites * '' Eriophyes crataegi'' * ''

Eriophyes cupulariae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes dentatae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes dimocarpi ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , longan gall mite * ''

Eriophyes diversipunctatus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes emarginatae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes epimedii ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes euphorbiae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes exilis ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes genistae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes goniothorax ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes gossypii ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , cotton blister mite * '' Eriophyes guerreronis'' * ''

Eriophyes inangulis ''Eriophyes inangulis'' is a mite that forms the alder vein angle gall. It develops in a chemically induced gall; a sub-spherical distortion rising up from the upper surface of the leaves of alder trees ''Alnus glutinosa ''Alnus glutinosa'', ...

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Eriophyes kuko ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes laevis ''Eriophyes laevis '' is a gall mite which makes small, pimple-like galls on the leaves of alder (''Alnus'' species). The mite was first described by the Austrian zoologist, Alfred Nalepa in 1889 and is found in Europe and North America. Descr ...

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Eriophyes lateannulatus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes leiosoma ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' (Nalepa, 1892) * '' Eriophyes lentiginosus'' * ''

Eriophyes litchii ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , lychee erinose mite or litchi rust mite * ''

Eriophyes macrorhynchus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' (Nalepa, 1889), sycamore gall mite * '' Eriophyes mali'' , appleleaf Blistergalls * ''

Eriophyes melaleucae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' * '' Eriophyes menthae'' * ''

Eriophyes neoessegi ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , cottonwood catkingall mite * ''

Eriophyes oxycedri ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes padi ''Eriophyes padi'' is a gall-forming mite that causes cherry pouch galls on black cherry ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wi ...

'' * '' Eriophyes parapopuli'' , poplar budgall mite * '' Eriophyes parulmi'' , elm fingergall mite * ''

Eriophyes pilifex ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes populi ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , eriophyid mite * ''

Eriophyes propinquus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes prunispinosae ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' * '' Eriophyes pseudoinsidiosus'' * ''

Eriophyes pyri ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly '' Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it ...

'' , pearleaf blister mite * '' Eriophyes rubicolens'' * ''

Eriophyes similis ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes sorbi ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes tiliae ''Eriophyes tiliae'' is a mite that forms the lime nail gall or bugle gall. It develops in a chemically induced gall; an erect, oblique or curved distortion rising up from the upper surface of the leaves of the lime (linden) trees (genus ''Tilia' ...

'' (Pagenstecher 1857), eriophyid mite * ''

Eriophyes triradiatus ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

'' , eriophyid mite * '' Eriophyes tristriatus'' * ''

Eriophyes tulipae ''Eriophyes tulipae'', commonly known as the dry bulb mite, is a species of mite in the genus ''Eriophyes''. This mite feeds on members of the lily family, and has damaged garlic crops. At one time, it was also thought to feed on wheat and other ...

'' , wheat curl mite * ''

Eriophyes viburni ''Eriophyes'' is a genus of acari that forms galls, specially on trees of the family Rosaceae. Some are called blister mites. The blue butterfly ''Celastrina serotina'' has been reported to feed on these galls and also on the mites, making it o ...

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Eriophyes vitis ''Eriophyes vitis'', also known as grape erineum mite or blister mite, is a mite species in the genus ''Eriophyes'' infecting grape leaves (''Vitis vinifera ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native t ...

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References

Eriophyidae Trombidiformes genera Galls {{Trombidiformes-stub