Vasates aceriscrumena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Family: | Eriophyidae |
Genus: | Vasates |
Species: | V. aceriscrumena
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Binomial name | |
Vasates aceriscrumena (Riley & Vasey, 1870)
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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[1] in the eastern United States.[2]