Aceria
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, while others are useful as agents of biological pest control of invasive plants such as rush skeletonweed, creeping thistle, and field bindweed. There are over 900 species in the genus.
In 2017, a new species, Aceria pycnocomi was found on Pycnocomon rutifolium in Spain.
Selected species
Aceria aloinis - aloe miteAceria anthocoptes – rust mite, russet miteAceria baccharices – Arroyo willow miteAceria banatica Aceria bipedis Aceria brachytarsusAcaria cajani Aceria calaceris - western maple erineum miteAceria calystegiae Aceria campestricola Aceria capreae Aceria carmichaeliae Aceria chondrillae - skeletonweed gall mite, chondrilla gall miteAceria clianthi Aceria cynodoniensis Aceria depressae Aceria diospyri Aceria elongata - crimson erineum miteAceria erinea Aceria eriobotryae Aceria ficus Aceria fraxini - ash bead gall miteAceria fraxiniflora - ash flower gall miteAceria fraxinicola Aceria fraxinivora Aceria gallae Aceria genistae - broom gall miteAceria gersoni Aceria gleicheniae Aceria guerreronis Aceria hagleyensis Aceria healyi Aceria ilicis Aceria iteina Aceria jasmini Aceria jasminoidis Aceria korelli Aceria kuko Aceria labiatiflorae Aceria lanyuensis Aceria litchii Aceria litseae Aceria lycopersici Aceria mackiei Aceria malherbae - bindweed gall miteAceria mangiferae Aceria manukae Aceria mayae Aceria melicopis Aceria melicyti Aceria microphyllae Aceria mikaniae Aceria monoica Aceria nervisequa Aceria oleae Aceria parvensis Aceria pimeliae Aceria pipturi Aceria plagianthi Aceria pobuzii Aceria pseudoplatani Aceria roxburghianae Aceria rubifaciens Aceria sacchari Aceria serratifoliae Aceria sheldoni - citrus bud miteAceria shepherdiae Aceria simonensis Aceria spicati Aceria strictae Aceria sylvestrae Aceria taiwanensis Aceria tenuifolii Aceria titirangiensis Aceria tosichella Aceria tulipae Aceria victoriae Aceria vitalbae Aceria waltheri Aceria virosae Aceria yushania- ''Aceria zoysima''