Brachycaudus cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
(an aphid)

Interactions where Brachycaudus cardui 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
sucks sap of Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Asterales: Asteraceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia vulgaris/Artemisia vulgarismugwort
sucks sap of Foreign Tripleurospermum inodorum Scentless Mayweed Asterales: Asteraceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tripleurospermum inodorum/Tripleurospermum inodorumscentless mayweed
sucks sap of Foreign Senecio vulgaris Groundsel Asterales: Asteraceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsel
sucks sap of Foreign Carduus crispus Welted Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistle
causes gall of leaf Prunus plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/Prunusplums, cherries and laurels, planted cherryleaf
causes gall of leaf Prunus domestica Wild Plum Rosales: Rosaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica/Prunus domesticawild plumleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrachycaudus cardui (an aphid)
GenusBrachycaudus (a genus 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 Brachycaudus cardui (an aphid)

Brachycaudus cardui (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 Brachycaudus cardui (an aphid):

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