Lycopus europaeus L.
(Gypsywort)

Interactions where Lycopus europaeus 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').

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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
may have adult Cryptocephalus pusillus 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/Cryptocephalus pusillus/Cryptocephalus pusillusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywort (5-10)adult may be found on
is foodplant of Datonychus arquatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Datonychus arquatus/Datonychus arquatusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywort feeds on
is foodplant of Datonychus melanostictus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Datonychus melanostictus/Datonychus melanostictusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywort feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces biocellatus a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces biocellatus/Golovinomyces biocellatusa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortlive parasitises live
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia circularis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia circularis/Athalia circularisa sawflygregariouslarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortleaf (underside) gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus lycopi a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus lycopi/Longitarsus lycopia flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus lycopi a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus lycopi/Longitarsus lycopia flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo thompsoni a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo (Tenthredo) thompsoni/Tenthredo (Tenthredo) thompsonia sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is spotted by scattered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria lycopi a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lycopi/Septoria lycopia leaf-spot fungusscatteredpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortleaf (8-9)scattered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var lamii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead, locally blackened) dead, locally blackened stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Mollisia lycopodis an ascomycete fungus Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia lycopodis/Mollisia lycopodisan ascomycete funguserumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortdead, locally blackenedstem (3)erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead, locally blackened stem
stem (dead, rotten, locally blackened) dead, rotten, locally blackened stem is decayed by apothecium Pyrenopeziza lycopincola a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza lycopincola/Pyrenopeziza lycopincolaa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortdead, rotten, locally blackenedstem (7-8)apothecium is saprobic on dead, rotten, locally blackened stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium Lophiostoma angustilabrum an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma angustilabrum/Lophiostoma angustilabruman ascomyceteimmersed or semi-immersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortdeadstem (3-10)immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Mollisiopsis lanceolata a discomycete Helotiales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Mollisiopsis lanceolata/Mollisiopsis lanceolataa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortdeadstem (5-8)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Moellerodiscus tenuistipes a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Moellerodiscus tenuistipes/Moellerodiscus tenuistipesa discomycetestalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lycopus europaeus/Lycopus europaeusgypsywortdeadstem stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
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., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)EMM Vol 103: 83-110.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)

Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort):

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