Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.
(Common Fleabane)

Interactions where Pulicaria dysenterica 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 Baris analis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Baris analis/Baris analisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabane larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera fusca a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fusca/Podosphaera fuscaa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabanelive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces junci a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces junci/Uromyces juncia rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabanelive (5-7)pycnium parasitises live
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Myopites inulaedyssentericae Fleabane Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Myopites inulaedyssentericae/Myopites inulaedyssentericaefleabane gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabanecapitulumSole larva causes gall of capitulum
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Foreign+?UK/EireRestricted Myopites inulaedyssentericae Fleabane Gall-fly Diptera: Tephritidae On the taxonomy and biology of the genus Myopites (Diptera: Tephritidae)., Freidberg, A., 1979
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Myopites inulaedyssentericae/Myopites inulaedyssentericaefleabane gall-flylarva Foodplant / gallConfirmed abroad, probable in UK/Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabanecapitulumSole larva causes gall of capitulum
flower (live) live flower is visited for pollen by female UK/Ireland Heriades rubicola Small-headed Resin Bee Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/Heriades rubicolasmall-headed resin beefemale Foodplant / visitor / pollenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneliveflower female visits for pollen live flower
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza conyzae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza conyzae/Phytomyza conyzaea leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneleaf-mine puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Cassida murraea Fleabane Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida murraea/Cassida murraeafleabane tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Cassida murraea Fleabane Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida murraea/Cassida murraeafleabane tortoise beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza conyzae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza conyzae/Phytomyza conyzaea leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytomyza conyzae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza conyzae/Phytomyza conyzaea leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneleaf puparium may be found on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia cupulariae an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cupulariae/Ramularia cupulariaean anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous aecium Uromyces junci a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces junci/Uromyces juncia rust fungushypophyllousaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabaneliveleaf (5-7)hypophyllous aecium causes spots on live leaf
stem stem is decayed by gregarious, sessile apothecium Mollisia tenuispora a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Mollisia tenuispora/Mollisia tenuisporaa discomycetegregarious, sessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pulicaria dysenterica/Pulicaria dysentericacommon fleabanestem gregarious, sessile apothecium is saprobic on stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 1-8.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Freidberg, A., 1979On the taxonomy and biology of the genus Myopites (Diptera: Tephritidae).Israel Journal of Entomology Vol XIII: 13-26.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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

Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane)
GenusPulicaria (fleabanes)
TribeInuleae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane)

Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pulicaria dysenterica (Common Fleabane):

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