Crepis L.
(hawk’s-beards)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
		is foodplant of larva			Olibrus pygmaeus	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 pygmaeus/	Olibrus pygmaeus	a smut beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards								larva feeds on
capitulum		capitulum may contain larva			Tephritis vespertina	a gall fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Tephritis vespertina/	Tephritis vespertina	a gall fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			capitulum					larva feeds within capitulum
flower (live)		live flower may have			Haplothrips setiger	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips setiger/	Haplothrips setiger	a thrips					Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards		live	flower					may be found on live flower
leaf (base of midrib)		leaf (base of midrib) may house puparium			Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia cunctata/	Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			leaf (base of midrib)					puparium may be found in leaf (base of midrib)
leaf (midrib, lamina)		leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva			Ophiomyia beckeri	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia beckeri/	Ophiomyia beckeri	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			leaf (midrib, lamina)					larva mines leaf (midrib, lamina)
leaf (midrib, lamina)		leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva			Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Spencer, K.A., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia cunctata/	Ophiomyia cunctata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			leaf (midrib, lamina)					larva mines leaf (midrib, lamina)
leaf (midrib, lamina)		leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva			Ophiomyia pulicaria	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia pulicaria/	Ophiomyia pulicaria	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			leaf (midrib, lamina)					larva mines leaf (midrib, lamina)
leaf (petiole at base)		leaf (petiole at base) may house puparium			Ophiomyia pulicaria	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia pulicaria/	Ophiomyia pulicaria	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			leaf (petiole at base)					puparium may be found in leaf (petiole at base)
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Trypeta immaculata	Dandelion Leaf-miner	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta immaculata/	Trypeta immaculata	dandelion leaf-miner				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is spotted by numerous, mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria crepidis	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria crepidis/	Septoria crepidis	a leaf-spot fungus		numerous, mostly epiphyllous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards	?	fading	leaf					numerous, mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by numerous, mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria crepidis	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria crepidis/	Septoria crepidis	a leaf-spot fungus		numerous, mostly epiphyllous	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards	?	live	leaf					numerous, mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on 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 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche picridis/	Orobanche picridis	oxtongue broomrape		underground	tuber		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			root		Major			underground tuber parasitises root
stem		stem is mined by larva			Ophiomyia heringi	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia heringi/	Ophiomyia heringi	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			stem					larva mines stem
stem		stem may house puparium			Ophiomyia heringi	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia heringi/	Ophiomyia heringi	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Crepis/	Crepis	hawk's-beards			stem					puparium may be found in stem

Crepis (hawk’s-beards) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Spencer, K.A., 1976	The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark	Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 5 (parts 1 and 2), 606pp, Scandinavian Science Press
Stace, C., 1997	New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)	Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press
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

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Crepis biennis Rough Hawk’S-beard				Species		8 trophisms
Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawk’S-beard				Species		13 trophisms
Crepis foetida Stinking Hawk’s-beard				Species		2 trophisms
Crepis mollis Northern Hawk’s-beard				Species		2 trophisms
Crepis paludosa Marsh Hawk’s-beard				Species		13 trophisms
Crepis setosa Bristly Hawk’s-beard				Species		2 trophisms
Crepis tectorum Narrow-leaved Hawk’s-beard				Species		1 trophisms
Crepis vesicaria Beaked Hawk’s-beard				Species	1 subtaxa	7 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Crepis (hawk’s-beards)
Tribe	Lactuceae (“dandelions”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
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)

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

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crepis (hawk’s-beards)

Crepis (hawk’s-beards) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Crepis (hawk’s-beards):

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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