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title: "Poison Ivy Leaf Mite"
description: "Aculops rhois — Insectos y arañas. Aculops rhois, the poison ivy gall mite, is a species of Eriophyid mite found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/poison-ivy-leaf-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Poison Ivy Leaf Mite

> Aculops rhois — Insectos y arañas. Aculops rhois, the poison ivy gall mite, is a species of Eriophyid mite found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Aculops rhois*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12039
- Wikidata: [Q55650558](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55650558)
- iNaturalist taxon: [334439](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334439)

## Names

- en: Poison Ivy Leaf Mite

## Countries with the most observations

US (7615), CA (148), MX (35)

## Summary

Aculops rhois, the poison ivy gall mite, is a species of Eriophyid mite found in North America. They form galls in poison ivy as well as other members of North American Toxicodendron and some species of Rhus (including fragrant sumac).

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

## Photo

![Poison Ivy Leaf Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/poison-ivy-leaf-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27737096

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/poison-ivy-leaf-mite?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).