Aphis urticata J.F. Gmelin, 1790
(an aphid)

Interactions where Aphis urticata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
(yellowish, scattered, hypophyllous) yellowish, scattered, hypophyllous causes gall of leaf (blade) Urtica nettles Rosales: Urticaceae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) urticata/Aphis (Aphis) urticataan aphidyellowish, scattered, hypophyllous Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf (blade) (7 onwards)
colony (dark green, densely clustered) dark green, densely clustered colony sucks sap of growing tip Urtica nettles Rosales: Urticaceae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) urticata/Aphis (Aphis) urticataan aphiddark green, densely clusteredcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesgrowing tip (5-6)

Author & YearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E., 1989Aphid PredatorsNaturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Aphis urticata (an aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aphis urticata (an aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAphis urticata (an aphid)
GenusAphis (a genus of aphids)
TribeAphidini (a tribe of aphids)
SubfamilyAPHIDINAE (a subfamily of aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aphis urticata (an aphid)

Aphis urticata (an aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aphis urticata (an aphid):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)