Artemisia L.
(mugworts)

Interactions where Artemisia 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
		may have adult			Chrysolina marginata	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina marginata/	Chrysolina marginata	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts							(early 8-mid 11,4-)	adult may be found on
		may have adult			Cryptocephalus bilineatus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bilineatus/	Cryptocephalus bilineatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts							(5-)6-9)	adult may be found on
		may have adult			Cryptocephalus fulvus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/	Cryptocephalus fulvus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts							(5-10)	adult may be found on
		is foodplant of larva			Olibrus aeneus	a smut beetle	Coleoptera: Phalacridae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Phalacridae/Olibrus aeneus/	Olibrus aeneus	a smut beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Mordellistena parvula	a tumbling flower beetle	Coleoptera: Mordellidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Mordellidae/Mordellistena parvula/	Mordellistena parvula	a tumbling flower beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts								larva feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			[Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.]	a group of plantbugs	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L./	Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.	a group of plantbugs				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts							(late 6-7, late 8-10)	adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			[Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.]	a group of plantbugs	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L./	Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.	a group of plantbugs				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts								nymph sucks sap of
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Chrysolina graminis	Tansy Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Chrysolina graminis	Tansy Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/	Chrysolina graminis	tansy beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus succineus	Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus succineus/	Longitarsus succineus	chrysanthemum flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus succineus	Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus succineus/	Longitarsus succineus	chrysanthemum flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza strigata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza strigata/	Liriomyza strigata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Trypeta artemisiae	Mugwort Leaf-miner	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta artemisiae/	Trypeta artemisiae	mugwort leaf-miner				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Trypeta zoe	Hemp Agrimony Leafminer	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/	Trypeta zoe	hemp agrimony leafminer				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium			Puccinia tanaceti	Chrysanthemum Rust, Tansy Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tanaceti/	Puccinia tanaceti	chrysanthemum rust, tansy rust		mostly hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts		live	leaf				(7-9)	mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
root		root is parasitised by underground tuber			Orobanche picridis	Oxtongue Broomrape	Lamiales: Orobanchaceae	Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche picridis/	Orobanche picridis	oxtongue broomrape		underground	tuber		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts			root		Major			underground tuber parasitises root
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium			Lophiostoma semiliberum	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma semiliberum/	Lophiostoma semiliberum	an ascomycete		mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts		dead	stem		Minor		(12-4)	mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by hypophyllous telium			Puccinia tanaceti	Chrysanthemum Rust, Tansy Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tanaceti/	Puccinia tanaceti	chrysanthemum rust, tansy rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/	Artemisia	mugworts		live	stem				(7-9)	hypophyllous telium parasitises live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985	Flora of the British Isles	3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kevan D.K., 1967	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Artemisia (mugworts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anthemideae
(a tribe of composites)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Artemisia abrotanum Southernwood				Species		3 trophisms
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood				Species		12 trophisms
Artemisia biennis Slender Mugwort				Species		1 trophisms
Artemisia campestris Field Mugwort, Field Wormwood				Species		2 trophisms
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon				Species		1 trophisms
Artemisia scoparia a mugwort				Species		1 trophisms
Artemisia verlotiorum Chinese Mugwort				Species		1 trophisms
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort				Species		39 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Artemisia (mugworts)
Tribe	Anthemideae (a tribe of composites)
Subfamily	ASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Artemisia is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Artemisia (mugworts)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ryves, T.B.	1984	Artemisia L. species in the British Isles	Watsonia Vol 15: 109-112.

Artemisia (mugworts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Anon		Artemisia	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Artemisia (mugworts):

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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