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title: "Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite"
description: "Eriophyes cerasicrumena — Insekten & Spinnen. Eriophyes cerasicrumena, the black cherry leaf gall mite, is a species of gall mite in the family Eriophyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-cherry-leaf-gall-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite

> Eriophyes cerasicrumena — Insekten & Spinnen. Eriophyes cerasicrumena, the black cherry leaf gall mite, is a species of gall mite in the family Eriophyidae.

- Scientific name: *Eriophyes cerasicrumena*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10294
- Wikidata: [Q49423277](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49423277)
- iNaturalist taxon: [148088](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/148088)

## Names

- en: Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite

## Countries with the most observations

US (5017), CA (189)

## Summary

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 plants. Caterpillars of cherry gall azure feed on these galls, and apparently also on the mites themselves.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriophyes_cerasicrumena

## Photo

![Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-cherry-leaf-gall-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lynn Harper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234420110

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-cherry-leaf-gall-mite?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).