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title: "Red Nail Gall Mite"
description: "Eriophyes tiliae — Insectos y arañas. Eriophyes tiliae is a mite that forms the lime nail gall or bugle gall."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-nail-gall-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red Nail Gall Mite

> Eriophyes tiliae — Insectos y arañas. Eriophyes tiliae is a mite that forms the lime nail gall or bugle gall.

- Scientific name: *Eriophyes tiliae*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Ciudades y jardines)
- iNaturalist observations: 17287
- Wikidata: [Q5389474](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5389474)
- iNaturalist taxon: [319872](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319872)

## Names

- en: Red Nail Gall Mite
- de: Lindengallmilbe
- fr: Acarien de la galle cornue du Tilleul
- pl: Różkowiec lipowy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2348), US (2083), DE (2036), CA (1027), FR (997), RU (919), AT (713), PL (521), LT (406), CZ (369), DK (318), UA (314)

## Summary

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), such as the large-leaved lime tree Tilia platyphyllos, the common lime tree Tilia × europaea,  etc.

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

## Photo

![Red Nail Gall Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-nail-gall-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lauren N · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383587997

## Machine access

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