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Broom gall mite

Aceria genistae (Nalepa, 1892)

Status not recordedarachnids

The broom gall mite (Aceria genistae) is a species in the family Eriophyidae, order Trombidiformes.

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Quick facts about the broom gall mite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the broom gall mite live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the broom gall mite as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the broom gall mite endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the broom gall mite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderTrombidiformes
  5. familyEriophyidae
  6. genusAceria
  7. SpeciesAceria genistae (Nalepa, 1892)

Synonyms Eriophyes genistae, Phytoptus genistae

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • vlnovník kručinkovýCzech
  • BrembolletjesmijtDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the broom gall mite

Other species in the same genus Aceria.

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Common questions

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Is the broom gall mite an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the broom gall mite as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the broom gall mite?

The broom gall mite (Aceria genistae) belongs to the family Eriophyidae in the order Trombidiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Broom gall mite (Aceria genistae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/broom-gall-mite

MLA

“Broom gall mite (Aceria genistae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/broom-gall-mite.

BibTeX
@misc{broom_gall_mite_2026,
  title = {Broom gall mite (Aceria genistae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/broom-gall-mite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}