species 6,185 observations

Maple Spindle Gall Mite

Vasates aceriscrumena

Field notes

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.

Supported by All

9 native plants
support it in the US

Food plants Plants it feeds on Sugar Maple, Black Maple, Mountain Maple, Box Elder 9

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided