Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap)

Interactions where Anthophila fabriciana 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
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Nemorilla floralis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nemorilla floralis/Nemorilla floralisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Choreutidae/Anthophila fabriciana/Anthophila fabriciananettle-tap, Fabricius’s nettle-tap, common nettle-taplarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Actia pilipennis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Choreutidae/Anthophila fabriciana/Anthophila fabriciananettle-tap, Fabricius’s nettle-tap, common nettle-taplarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.

Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap)
SubfamilyCHOREUTINAE (twitcher moths)
FamilyCHOREUTIDAE (twitcher micro-moths)
SuperfamilyCHOREUTOIDEA (a superfamily of moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap)

Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Shaw, M.R. 2017 Anatomy, reach and classification of the parasitoid complex of a common British moth, Anthophila fabriciana (L.) (Choreutidae), Journal of Natural History: 1-31.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Anthophila fabriciana (Nettle-tap, Fabricius’s Nettle-tap, Common Nettle-tap)
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