Aphidecta obliterata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Larch Ladybird)

Interactions where Aphidecta obliterata 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
is predator of COCCOIDEAQuestionable scale insects, coccids Hemiptera Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Aphidecta obliterata/Aphidecta obliteratalarch ladybird Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccoidea/Coccoideascale insects, coccids?
is predator of ADELGIDAEQuestionable woolly conifer aphids Hemiptera Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Aphidecta obliterata/Aphidecta obliteratalarch ladybird Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelgidaewoolly conifer aphids?
is associated with Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Aphidecta obliterata/Aphidecta obliteratalarch ladybird Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruces
is associated with Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Aphidecta obliterata/Aphidecta obliteratalarch ladybird Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspines

Interactions where Aphidecta obliterata 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').

Filters:

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
prepupa is endoparasitoid host of larva Phalacrotophora berolinensis a scuttle fly Diptera: Phoridae Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora berolinensis/Phalacrotophora berolinensisa scuttle flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Aphidecta obliterata/Aphidecta obliteratalarch ladybirdprepupa larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa
pupa (newly formed) is endoparasitoid host of larva Phalacrotophora berolinensis a scuttle fly Diptera: Phoridae Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora berolinensis/Phalacrotophora berolinensisa scuttle flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Aphidecta obliterata/Aphidecta obliteratalarch ladybirdpupa (newly formed) larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989LadybirdsNaturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Aphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird)
FamilyCOCCINELLIDAE (ladybirds, ladybugs)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
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 Aphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird)

Aphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Aphidecta obliterata (Larch Ladybird)
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