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title: "Walnut Blister Mite"
description: "Aceria erinea — Insetti e ragni. Aceria erinea is a species of mite which causes galls on the leaves of walnut (Juglans regia)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/walnut-blister-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Walnut Blister Mite

> Aceria erinea — Insetti e ragni. Aceria erinea is a species of mite which causes galls on the leaves of walnut (Juglans regia).

- Scientific name: *Aceria erinea*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3654
- Wikidata: [Q2132120](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2132120)
- iNaturalist taxon: [358373](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/358373)

## Names

- en: Walnut Blister Mite
- de: Walnuss-Filzgallmilbe
- fr: Phytopte du noyer
- nl: Okkernootviltmijt

## Countries with the most observations

GB (695), DE (610), AT (349), FR (291), US (177), PL (171), UA (165), CZ (106), DK (101), ES (89), BE (76), HU (73)

## Summary

Aceria erinea is a species of mite which causes galls on the leaves of walnut (Juglans regia). It was first described by Alfred Nalepa in 1891.

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

## Photo

![Walnut Blister Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/walnut-blister-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163007630

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/walnut-blister-mite?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).