Erica L.
(bell heathers)

Interactions where Erica 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 associate of Micrelus ericae Small Heather Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Micrelus ericae/Micrelus ericaesmall heather weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Strophosoma capitatum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Strophosoma capitatum/Strophosoma capitatuma weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Strophosoma fulvicorne a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Strophosoma fulvicorne/Strophosoma fulvicornea weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Strophosoma nebulosum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Strophosoma nebulosum/Strophosoma nebulosuma weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Strophosoma sus Heather Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Strophosoma sus/Strophosoma susheather weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Caenopsis fissirostris a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Caenopsis fissirostris/Caenopsis fissirostrisa weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Caenopsis waltoni a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Caenopsis waltoni/Caenopsis waltonia weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is associate of Coniocleonus nebulosus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Coniocleonus nebulosus/Coniocleonus nebulosusa weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Physocephala nigra a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala nigra/Physocephala nigraa thick-headed flyadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersflower adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
is associate of Orius niger a flower bug Hemiptera: Anthocoridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers is associated with
is foodplant of UK/Ireland Globiceps juniperi a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Globiceps (Kelidocoris) juniperi/Globiceps (Kelidocoris) juniperia plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers feeds on
is associate of nymph Hallodapus rufescens a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hallodapus rufescens/Hallodapus rufescensa plantbug or grassbugnymph Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers nymph is associated with
is associate of adult Hallodapus rufescens a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hallodapus rufescens/Hallodapus rufescensa plantbug or grassbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers (early 7-9)adult is associated with
has sap sucked by adult Berytinus crassipes a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipes/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipesa stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Berytinus crassipes a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipes/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipesa stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Questionable Kleidocerys ericae a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Kleidocerys ericae/Kleidocerys ericaea ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers? adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Questionable Kleidocerys ericae a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Kleidocerys ericae/Kleidocerys ericaea ground bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers? nymph sucks sap of
is associate of fruitbody Major Mycena megaspora Rooting Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena megaspora/Mycena megasporarooting bonnetfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersMajor fruitbody is associated with
(dead) dead is decayed by acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Pestalotiopsis sydowiana a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Pestalotiopsis sydowiana/Pestalotiopsis sydowianaa coelomyceteacervulusPestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersdead acervulus of Pestalotiopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead
(live) live may have female Ceratothrips ericae a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Ceratothrips ericae/Ceratothrips ericaea thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heatherslive (1-12)female may be found on live
(live) live may have larva Ceratothrips ericae a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Ceratothrips ericae/Ceratothrips ericaea thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heatherslive (1-12)larva may be found on live
(live) live may have male Ceratothrips ericae a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Ceratothrips ericae/Ceratothrips ericaea thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heatherslive (2-10)male may be found on live
(live) live may house endophytic Cystodendron anamorph UK/Ireland Cystodendron dryophilum an anamorphic fungus Helotiales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Cystodendron dryophilum/Cystodendron dryophiluman anamorphic fungusCystodendron anamorph Foodplant / endophyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heatherslive Cystodendron anamorph endophyte within live
branch branch is foodplant of scattered, erumpent pycnidium of Topospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Topospora obturata a coelomycete Helotiales: Godroniaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Godroniaceae/Topospora obturata/Topospora obturataa coelomycetescattered, erumpentpycnidiumTopospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersbranch scattered, erumpent pycnidium of Topospora coelomycetous anamorph feeds on branch
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of male Major Frankliniella intonsa a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Frankliniella intonsa/Frankliniella intonsaa thripsmale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersliveflowerMajor (1,6-10)male feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of female Major Frankliniella intonsa a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Frankliniella intonsa/Frankliniella intonsaa thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersliveflowerMajor (1,3-11)female feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva Major Frankliniella intonsa a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Frankliniella intonsa/Frankliniella intonsaa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersliveflowerMajor (5-10)larva feeds on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Altica longicollis a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica longicollis/Altica longicollisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Altica oleracea a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica oleracea/Altica oleraceaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf has sap sucked by adult Minor Macrodema micropterum a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Macrodema micropterum/Macrodema micropteruma ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersleafMinor adult sucks sap of leaf
leaf leaf is galled by Eriococcus devoniensis a scale bug Hemiptera: Eriococcidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Eriococcidae/Eriococcus devoniensis/Eriococcus devoniensisa scale bug Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous, colonial Aspidiotus nerii Oleander Scale Hemiptera: Diaspididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/Aspidiotus neriioleander scalehypophyllous, colonial Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersliveleaf hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by conidial anamorph ForeignCaptivity Erysiphe azaleae a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microsphaera azaleae, the perfect state of the Rhododendron mildew in England, Ing, B., 2000
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe azaleae/Erysiphe azaleaea powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedconidial anamorph parasitises live leaf
root (live) live root may be infected and damaged by fruitbody Minor Heterobasidion annosum Root Rot, Root Fomes, White Pocket Rot - causative organism Russulales: Bondarzewiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Bondarzewiaceae/Heterobasidion annosum/Heterobasidion annosumroot rot, root fomes, white pocket rot (causative organism)fruitbody Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersliverootMinor fruitbody infects and damages live root
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subiculate pseudothecia Byssolophis sphaerioides an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Byssolophis sphaerioides/Byssolophis sphaerioidesan ascomycetesubiculatepseudothecia Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathersdeadstem subiculate pseudothecia is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 2000Microsphaera azaleae, the perfect state of the Rhododendron mildew in EnglandMycologist Vol 14 (4): 165.
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
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Erica (bell heathers) 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
Species 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species hybrid 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 9 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusErica (bell heathers)
FamilyERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
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 Erica (bell heathers)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Erica Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Erica (bell heathers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Erica (bell heathers):

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