Orellia falcata (Scopoli, 1763)
(Goatsbeard Fly)

Interactions where Orellia falcata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage 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
larva larva feeds within stem (base) UK/IrelandRestricted Tragopogon pratensis Goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Orellia falcata/Orellia falcatagoatsbeard flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/Tragopogon pratensisgoat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noonstem (base)Sole
larva larva feeds within root UK/IrelandRestricted Tragopogon pratensis Goat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Orellia falcata/Orellia falcatagoatsbeard flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tragopogon pratensis/Tragopogon pratensisgoat’s-beard, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noonrootSole

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Orellia falcata (Goatsbeard Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Orellia falcata (Goatsbeard Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrellia falcata (Goatsbeard Fly)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Orellia falcata (Goatsbeard Fly)

Orellia falcata (Goatsbeard Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Orellia falcata (Goatsbeard Fly):

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