Pyemotes herfsi also known as the oak leaf gall mite or itch mite is an ectoparasitic mite identified in central Europe in 1936 and subsequently found in India Australia and the United States. The mite parasitizes a variety of insect hosts and bites humans causing red itchy and painful wheals (welts).
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