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title: "Elm Leaf Gall Mite"
description: "Aceria campestricola — Insecten en spinnen. Aceria campestricola, is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/elm-leaf-gall-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elm Leaf Gall Mite

> Aceria campestricola — Insecten en spinnen. Aceria campestricola, is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae.

- Scientific name: *Aceria campestricola*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3572
- Wikidata: [Q50363714](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50363714)
- iNaturalist taxon: [487129](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/487129)

## Names

- en: Elm Leaf Gall Mite
- de: Ulmenbeutel-Gallmilbe

## Countries with the most observations

GB (863), DE (310), RU (275), FR (129), US (127), AT (110), UA (110), LT (84), PL (76), NL (65), ES (54), DK (46)

## Summary

Aceria campestricola, is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae. The mite causes galls on the leaves of elms (Ulmus species) and was described by Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld in 1865.

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

## Photo

![Elm Leaf Gall Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/elm-leaf-gall-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Charles Joynson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285961727

## Machine access

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