Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Garden Tiger)

Interactions where Arctia caja 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
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Urtica nettles Rosales: Urticaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesliveleaf (5-6,8-10)

Interactions where Arctia caja is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva ForeignRestricted Thelaira leucozona a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Die Raupenfliegen (Diptera: Tachinidae) Mitteleuropas: Bestimmungstabellen und Angaben zur Verbreitung und Ökologie der einzelnen Arten, Tschorsnig, H.-P. & Herting, B., 1994
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Thelaira leucozona/Thelaira leucozonaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarvaSole larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Thelaira nigrinaQuestionable a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Thelaira leucozona (Panzer) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain, Bergström, C., 2004
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Thelaira nigrina/Thelaira nigrinaa parasitoid flyRecipient uncertainlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Compsilura concinnata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Compsilura concinnata/Compsilura concinnataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
is endoparasitoid host of Carcelia gnava a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Carcelia gnava/Carcelia gnavaa parasitoid fly Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tiger is endoparasitoid of
larva is endoparasitoid host of gregarious (up to 5) larva Carcelia lucorum a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Carcelia lucorum/Carcelia lucoruma parasitoid flygregarious (up to 5)larva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva gregarious (up to 5) larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Questionable Carcelia tibialis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
The invertebrate fauna of Nottingham: supplement, Carr, J.W., 1935
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Carcelia tibialis/Carcelia tibialisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tiger?larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Hubneria affinis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Hubneria affinis/Hubneria affinisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of maybe gregarious larva Exorista fasciata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Exorista fasciata/Exorista fasciataa parasitoid flymaybe gregariouslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva maybe gregarious larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Exorista grandis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Exorista grandis/Exorista grandisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pales pavida a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pales pavida/Pales pavidaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Thelymorpha marmorata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Thelymorpha marmorata/Thelymorpha marmorataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Bergström, C., 2004Thelaira leucozona (Panzer) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to BritainDipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 171-172.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Carr, J.W., 1935The invertebrate fauna of Nottingham: supplementJ. and H. Bell, Nottingham
Tschorsnig, H.-P. & Herting, B., 1994Die Raupenfliegen (Diptera: Tachinidae) Mitteleuropas: Bestimmungstabellen und Angaben zur Verbreitung und Ökologie der einzelnen Arten506, 170pp, State Museum of Natural Science, Stuttgart

Arctia caja (Garden Tiger) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Arctia caja (Garden Tiger) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArctia caja (Garden Tiger)
TribeArctiini (ermines and tigers)
SubfamilyARCTIINAE (ermines, tigers and footmen)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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 Arctia caja (Garden Tiger)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Parsons, M.S., Fox, R., Conrad, K.F., Woiwod, I.P. & Warren, M.S. 2005 British moths: throwing light on a new conservation challenge British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 386-394.

Arctia caja (Garden Tiger) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Arctia caja (Garden Tiger):

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