Interactions where Silene 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 galled by
Brachycolus cucubali an aphid
Hemiptera: Aphididae
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls , Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycolus cucubali/ Brachycolus cucubali an aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies causes gall of
flower bud
flower bud is galled by larva
Contarinia steini a gall midge
Diptera: Cecidomyiidae
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls , Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Contarinia steini/ Contarinia steini a gall midge larva
Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies flower bud Sole
larva causes gall of flower bud
flower
flower is grazed by larva
Hypera arator a weevil
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae , Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) arator/ Hypera (Hypera) arator a weevil larva
Foodplant / open feeder UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies flower larva grazes on flower
leaf
leaf is grazed by adult
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Ladybirds , Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/ Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird adult
Foodplant / open feeder UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies leaf Major
adult grazes on leaf
leaf
leaf is grazed by larva
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
Ladybirds , Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/ Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird larva
Foodplant / open feeder UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies leaf Major
larva grazes on leaf
leaf
leaf is grazed by larva
Hypera arator a weevil
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae , Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) arator/ Hypera (Hypera) arator a weevil larva
Foodplant / open feeder UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies leaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf
leaf is mined by larva
Amauromyza flavifrons a leaf-mining fly
Diptera: Agromyzidae
Diptera: Agromyzidae , Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza flavifrons/ Amauromyza flavifrons a leaf-mining fly larva
Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies leaf larva mines leaf
root (live)
live root has sap sucked by
Aphis sambuci Elder Aphid
Hemiptera: Aphididae
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants , Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) sambuci/ Aphis (Aphis) sambuci elder aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies live root (summer) sucks sap of live root
stem (dead)
dead stem is decayed by stalked (often rather long) apothecium
Hymenoscyphus vitellinus a discomycete
Helotiales: Helotiaceae
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus vitellinus/ Hymenoscyphus vitellinus a discomycete stalked (often rather long) apothecium
Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/ Silene campions and catchflies dead stem (7-10) stalked (often rather long) apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Silene (campions and catchflies)
