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title: "Live Oak Erineum Mite"
description: "Aceria mackiei — Insectes et araignées. Aceria mackiei, previously Eriophyes mackiei, the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, huckleberry oak, and canyon live oak."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/live-oak-erineum-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Live Oak Erineum Mite

> Aceria mackiei — Insectes et araignées. Aceria mackiei, previously Eriophyes mackiei, the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, huckleberry oak, and canyon live oak.

- Scientific name: *Aceria mackiei*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 2406
- Wikidata: [Q55650497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55650497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [469540](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469540)

## Names

- en: Live Oak Erineum Mite

## Countries with the most observations

US (1670)

## Summary

Aceria mackiei, previously Eriophyes mackiei, the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, huckleberry oak, and canyon live oak. This mite's ability to induce galls in oaks of both the black oak group and the intermediate oak group is unique. The distribution of this arthropod is western North America.

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

## Photo

![Live Oak Erineum Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/live-oak-erineum-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73694762

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/live-oak-erineum-mite?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).