Scrophularia L.
(figworts)

Interactions where Scrophularia 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
is foodplant of larva Cionus alauda a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus alauda/Cionus alaudaa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigworts larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Cionus scrophulariae Figwort Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus scrophulariae/Cionus scrophulariaefigwort weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigworts larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Cleopus pulchellus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigworts larva feeds on
is foodplant of pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phoma nebulosa sensu Berk a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma nebulosa sensu Berk/Phoma nebulosa sensu Berka coelomycetepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigworts pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
flower flower is galled by larva Gymnetron beccabungae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gymnetron beccabungae/Gymnetron beccabungaea weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsflower larva causes gall of flower
flower flower is galled by larva Contarinia scrophulariae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Contarinia scrophulariae/Contarinia scrophulariaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsflower larva causes gall of flower
flower (live) live flower may house larva Haplothrips distinguendus a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips distinguendus/Haplothrips distinguendusa thripslarva Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsliveflower (7-8)larva may be found in live flower
flower (live) live flower may house adult Haplothrips distinguendus a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips distinguendus/Haplothrips distinguendusa thripsadult Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsliveflower (6-8)adult may be found in live flower
fruit fruit is galled by larva Gymnetron beccabungae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gymnetron beccabungae/Gymnetron beccabungaea weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsfruit larva causes gall of fruit
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Longitarsus agilis 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 agilis/Longitarsus agilisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/ScrophulariafigwortsleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus agilis 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 agilis/Longitarsus agilisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus nigrofasciatus 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 nigrofasciatus/Longitarsus nigrofasciatusa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus nigrofasciatus 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 nigrofasciatus/Longitarsus nigrofasciatusa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is foodplant of larva Cionus hortulanus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf larva feeds on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Cionus tuberculosus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus tuberculosus/Cionus tuberculosusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Pachyprotasis rapae a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pachyprotasis rapae/Pachyprotasis rapaea sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Pachyprotasis simulans a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pachyprotasis simulans/Pachyprotasis simulansa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
root root is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus rutilus a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus rutilus/Longitarsus rutilusa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsroot larva grazes on root
root root is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus rutilus a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook, Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus rutilus/Longitarsus rutilusa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsroot adult grazes on root
seedheads seedheads may house pupa in cocoon Cionus scrophulariae Figwort Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus scrophulariae/Cionus scrophulariaefigwort weevilpupa in cocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsseedheads pupa in cocoon may be found among seedheads
soil below soil below may house pupa in cocoon Cionus alauda a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus alauda/Cionus alaudaa figwort weevilpupa in cocoon Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortssoil below pupa in cocoon may be found in soil below

Scrophularia (figworts) 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
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Hodge, P.J. & Jones, R.A., 1995New British Beetles: species not in Joy’s practical handbook1 edition, 175pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)EMM Vol 103: 83-110.
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
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Scrophularia auriculata
Water Figwort, Water Betony
Species 25 trophisms
Scrophularia nodosa
Common Figwort
Species 27 trophisms
Scrophularia scorodonia
Balm-leaved Figwort
Species 8 trophisms
Scrophularia umbrosa
Green Figwort
Species 8 trophisms
Scrophularia vernalis
Yellow Figwort
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusScrophularia (figworts)
FamilySCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts and mulleins)
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 Scrophularia (figworts)

Scrophularia (figworts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scrophularia (figworts):

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