[Microlepidoptera]
(micro-moths)

Interactions where [Microlepidoptera] 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
larva is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Ancistrocerus oviventris a potter wasp or mason wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Ancistrocerus oviventris/Ancistrocerus oviventrisa potter wasp or mason waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Microlepidoptera/Microlepidopteramicro-mothslarva female stocks nest with larva
pupa is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Itoplectis alternans a pimpline ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Itoplectis alternans/Itoplectis alternansa pimpline ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Microlepidoptera/Microlepidopteramicro-mothspupa larva is endoparasitoid of pupa

[Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

[Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoidsBritish Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Exoporia
swift moths
Infraorder 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Apoditrysia
butterflies and most moths
Clade 389 subtaxa 845 trophisms 248 references
ALUCITOIDEA
many-plume moths
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
CHOREUTIDAE
a family of micro-moths
Family 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
CHOREUTINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
PYRALOIDEA
grass and meal moths
Superfamily 27 subtaxa 49 trophisms 16 references
PTEROPHOROIDEA
plume moths
Superfamily 5 subtaxa 7 trophisms 5 references
TORTRICOIDEA
cochylid and tortrix moths
Superfamily 58 subtaxa 115 trophisms 21 references
GELECHIOIDEA
a superfamily of micro-moths
Superfamily 35 subtaxa 56 trophisms 38 references
GRACILLARIOIDEA
a superfamily of micro-moths
Superfamily 9 subtaxa 43 trophisms 20 references
TINEOIDEA
a superfamily of micro-moths
Superfamily 9 subtaxa 10 trophisms 8 references
[Nemapogon cloacella / Schiffermuelleria similella]
a pair of micromoths
Informal 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
a superfamily of micro-moths
Superfamily 17 subtaxa 37 trophisms 17 references
ZEUGLOPTERA
jawed micro-moths
Suborder 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
in the hand () Berkshire Moth Group 2013 Common Micro-moths of Berkshire 143pp
Corley, M. The Families of British Microlepidoptera
Ellis, W.N. Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi bladmineerders.nl
Lewis, C. British Lepidoptera britishlepidoptera.weebly.com/
Pendleton, T. & D. Photo gallery: Moths - micro lepidoptera www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/photogallerythumbsmoths.htm
Silvonen, K. Microlepidoptera of Finland - an Overview www.kolumbus.fi/silvonen/micro/index.htm
() Sterling, P., Parsons, M. & Lewington, R. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland 416pp, British Wildlife Publishing
Suffolk Moth Group British Micro-Lepidoptera

  • Fieldcraft

    • () Emmet, A.M. (Ed.) 1988 A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera 2nd, revised & enlarged edition, 288pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
    Ford, L.T. 1949 A Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera 230pp, The South London Entomological and Natural History Society
    Langmaid, J.R., Palmer, S.M. & Young, M.R. 2018 A field guide to the smaller moths of Great Britain and Ireland 389pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

  • Leaf-miners

    • Anon Lep Mines Crib Sheet
    György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest
    in the hand Robbins, R. 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

  • Plant Galls

    • in the hand () Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press

  • Polyphagous Larvae

    • Smith, I.F. 2014

    [Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths):

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