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title: "Maple Spindle Gall Mite"
description: "Vasates aceriscrumena — Owady i pająki. Vasates aceriscrumena, the maple spindle-gall mite, is an eriophyid mite in the genus Vasates, which causes fusiform galls on the upper surfaces of the leaves of certain maple species in the eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/maple-spindle-gall-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maple Spindle Gall Mite

> Vasates aceriscrumena — Owady i pająki. Vasates aceriscrumena, the maple spindle-gall mite, is an eriophyid mite in the genus Vasates, which causes fusiform galls on the upper surfaces of the leaves of certain maple species in the eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Vasates aceriscrumena*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 6282
- Wikidata: [Q49421884](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49421884)
- iNaturalist taxon: [142209](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142209)

## Names

- en: Maple Spindle Gall Mite
- fr: Phytopte fusiforme de l'érable

## Countries with the most observations

US (3341), CA (842)

## Summary

Vasates aceriscrumena, the maple spindle-gall mite, is an eriophyid mite in the genus Vasates, which causes fusiform galls on the upper surfaces of the leaves of certain maple species in the eastern United States.

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

## Photo

![Maple Spindle Gall Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/maple-spindle-gall-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jess Draws · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216926477

## Machine access

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