Melilotus Mill.
(melilots)

Interactions where Melilotus 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 Restricted Sitona cylindricollis 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/Sitona cylindricollis/Sitona cylindricollisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/MelilotusmelilotsSole larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Tychius meliloti a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tychius meliloti/Tychius melilotia weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilots larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Stenopterapion tenue a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion tenue/Stenopterapion tenuea seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilots larva feeds on
has sap sucked by Coriomeris denticulatus a squashbug Hemiptera: Coreidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coriomeris denticulatus/Coriomeris denticulatusa squashbug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilots sucks sap of
may be infected and damaged by colony of Fusarium anamorph Foreign Fusarium poae Carnation Bud Rot, Silvertop Disease (A causative organism) Hypocreales: Nectriaceae New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium poae/Fusarium poaecarnation bud rot, silvertop disease (a causative organism)colonyFusarium anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilots colony of Fusarium anamorph infects and damages
(live) live may have adult Odontothrips meliloti a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips meliloti/Odontothrips melilotia thripsadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotslive (6-8)adult may be found on live
(live) live is parasitised by effuse colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia medicaginis (A Leaf-spot Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia medicaginis/Ramularia medicaginis(a leaf-spot fungus)effusecolonyRamularia anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotslive effuse colony of Ramularia anamorph parasitises live
(live) live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium Sclerotinia trifoliorum a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia trifoliorum/Sclerotinia trifolioruma discomyceteburiedsclerotium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsliveplant buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant
leaf leaf is grazed by Foreign Hypera melancholica a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsleaf grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera miles a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera miles/Hypera milesa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera postica Clover Leaf Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera postica/Hypera posticaclover leaf weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Major Agromyza nana a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nana/Agromyza nanaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/MelilotusmelilotsleafMajor larva mines leaf
pod (unripe) unripe pod has sap sucked by nymph Piezodorus lituratus Gorse Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Piezodorus lituratus/Piezodorus lituratusgorse shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsunripepod nymph sucks sap of unripe pod
pod (unripe) unripe pod has sap sucked by adult Piezodorus lituratus Gorse Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Piezodorus lituratus/Piezodorus lituratusgorse shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsunripepod adult sucks sap of unripe pod
stem stem may contain larva Stenopterapion meliloti a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Stenopterapion meliloti/Stenopterapion melilotia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem is foodplant of scattered, sometimes in rows but never touching, with pale fuscous halo pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis melilotii a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis melilotii/Phomopsis melilotiia coelomycetescattered, sometimes in rows but never touching, with pale fuscous halopycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsstem (11)scattered, sometimes in rows but never touching, with pale fuscous halo pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946New or interesting British fungiTBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, 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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991Sclerotinia trifoliorumI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1084.

Melilotus (melilots) 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
Melilotus albus
White Melilot
Species 9 trophisms
Melilotus altissimus
Tall Melilot
Species 3 trophisms
Melilotus indicus
Small Melilot
Species 2 trophisms
Melilotus officinalis
Ribbed Melilot
Species 8 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMelilotus (melilots)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Melilotus (melilots)

Melilotus (melilots) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melilotus (melilots):

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