Carduus crispus L.
(Welted Thistle)

Interactions where Carduus crispus 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').

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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
is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Terellia serratulae a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia serratulae/Terellia serratulaea gall flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva ForeignQuestionable Urophora stylata Spear-thistle Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora stylata/Urophora stylataspear-thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistle? larva feeds on
has sap sucked by Foreign Brachycaudus cardui an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae 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 sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlelive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveMinor pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by Questionable Puccinia cnici a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 cnici/Puccinia cnicia rust fungus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistle?live parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Chaetostomella cylindrica a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Chaetostomella cylindrica/Chaetostomella cylindricaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Tephritis hyoscyami a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis hyoscyami/Tephritis hyoscyamia gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Terellia winthemi Welted Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Terellia winthemi/Terellia winthemiwelted thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlecapitulumMajor larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Foreign Urophora solstitialis Musk Thistle Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Urophora solstitialis/Urophora solstitialismusk thistle gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlecapitulum larva causes gall of capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Xyphosia miliaria Mottled Thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Xyphosia miliaria/Xyphosia miliariamottled thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlecapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum (live) live capitulum is parasitised by Foreign Microbotryum cardui Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae Microbotryum silybum sp.nov. (Microbotryales), Vánky, K. & Berner, D., 2003
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum cardui/Microbotryum cardui Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlelivecapitulum parasitises live capitulum
leaf (radical) leaf (radical) is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Rhinocyllus conicus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Rhinocyllus conicus (Frolich) (Col: Curculionidae) in Surrey and South Essex, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhinocyllus conicus/Rhinocyllus conicusa weeviladult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleleaf (radical) adult feeds on leaf (radical)
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by hidden under carried excrement larva Lema cyanella 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/Lema cyanella/Lema cyanellaa leaf beetlehidden under carried excrementlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistlewindowedleaf (upper surface) hidden under carried excrement larva grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Lema cyanella 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/Lema cyanella/Lema cyanellaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleleaf (1-12)adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braun/Ramularia cynarae emend U. Braunan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia jubatskana (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia jubatskana/Ramularia jubatskana(an anamorphic fungus)mainly hypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveleaf mainly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredinoid, mostly epiphyllous aecium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust fungusuredinoid, mostly epiphyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveleafMinor uredinoid, mostly epiphyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust fungusmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous telium Minor Puccinia calcitrapae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia calcitrapae/Puccinia calcitrapaea rust fungusmostly hypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveleafMinor mostly hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium UK/IrelandMinor Puccinia cnici-oleracei Yarrow Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 cnici-oleracei/Puccinia cnici-oleraceiyarrow rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleliveleafMinor (7-11)amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
root root may contain larva Cheilosia mutabilis a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Recording Cheilosia albipila and C. grossa by searching for larvae in thistles, Ball, S., Morris, R. & Stubbs, A., 2008
Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Cheilosia mutabilis/Cheilosia mutabilisa hoverflylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistleroot larva feeds within root
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, neck erumpent pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria cirsii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Nodulosphaeria cirsii/Nodulosphaeria cirsiian ascomycetescattered, immersed, neck erumpentpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus crispus/Carduus crispuswelted thistledeadstem scattered, immersed, neck erumpent pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Ball, S., Morris, R. & Stubbs, A., 2008Recording Cheilosia albipila and C. grossa by searching for larvae in thistles
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Denton, J., 2011Rhinocyllus conicus (Frolich) (Col: Curculionidae) in Surrey and South EssexBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 204.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.
Vánky, K. & Berner, D., 2003Microbotryum silybum sp.nov. (Microbotryales)Mycotaxon Vol 85: 307-311.
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Carduus crispus (Welted Thistle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Carduus crispus ssp multiflorus
Broad-winged Thistle
Subspecies 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarduus crispus (Welted Thistle)
GenusCarduus (a genus of thistles)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carduus crispus (Welted Thistle)

Carduus crispus (Welted Thistle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carduus crispus (Welted Thistle):

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