LEMNACEAE
(duckweeds)

Interactions where LEMNACEAE 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
leaflet (live, mined) live, mined leaflet is mined by larva UK/Ireland Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tanysphyrus lemnae/Tanysphyrus lemnaeduckweed weevillarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Lemnaceae/Lemnaceaeduckweedslive, minedleaflet (summer)larva mines live, mined leaflet
leaflet (live, spun) live, spun leaflet may house pupa UK/Ireland Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tanysphyrus lemnae/Tanysphyrus lemnaeduckweed weevilpupa Plant / resting place / amongUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Lemnaceae/Lemnaceaeduckweedslive, spunleaflet (summer)pupa may be found among live, spun leaflet
leaflet (live) live leaflet is mined by larva Hydrellia albilabris a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia albilabris/Hydrellia albilabrisa shore flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Lemnaceae/Lemnaceaeduckweedsliveleaflet (summer)larva mines live leaflet
leaflet (live) live leaflet is mined by larva UK/Ireland Cataclysta lemnata Small China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Cataclysta lemnata/Cataclysta lemnatasmall China-marklarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Lemnaceae/Lemnaceaeduckweedsliveleaflet (autumn onwards)larva mines live leaflet
leaflet (live) live leaflet is grazed by mobile cased larva UK/Ireland Cataclysta lemnata Small China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Cataclysta lemnata/Cataclysta lemnatasmall China-marklarva Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Lemnaceae/Lemnaceaeduckweedsliveleaflet (autumn onwards)larva grazes in mobile case on live leaflet

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

Author & YearTitleSource
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLEMNACEAE (duckweeds)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
SubclassLILIIDAE (monocotyledonous 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 LEMNACEAE (duckweeds)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Armstrong, W.P. Wayne's Word Lemnaceae On-Line waynesword.palomar.edu/1wayindx.htm
BSBI & OPAL Guide to duckweeds What else lives at the pond?
in the hand () Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to LEMNACEAE (duckweeds):

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