Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski
(Common Couch)

Interactions where Elytrigia repens 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 Anagnota bicolor an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anagnota bicolor/Anagnota bicoloran anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couch larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Anthomyza collini an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza collini/Anthomyza collinian anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couch larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Anthomyza elbergi an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza elbergi/Anthomyza elbergian anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couch larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Stiphrosoma sabulosum an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Stiphrosoma sabulosum/Stiphrosoma sabulosuman anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couch larva feeds on
may be infected and damaged by Oculimacula acuformis an anamorphic ascomycete Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Oculimacula acuformis/Oculimacula acuformisan anamorphic ascomycete Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couch infects and damages
(live) live has sap sucked by Foreign Macrosiphum avenae an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum avenae/Macrosiphum avenaean aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchlive sucks sap of live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Blumeria graminis Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/Blumeria graminisgrass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchlive parasitises live
culm (esp surrounding internodes) (live) live culm (esp surrounding internodes) is parasitised by long, linear, erumpent sorus Major Tranzscheliella hypodytes Stem Smut Of Grasses Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Tranzscheliella hypodytes/Tranzscheliella hypodytesstem smut of grasseslong, linear, erumpentsorus Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchliveculm (esp surrounding internodes)Major long, linear, erumpent sorus parasitises live culm (esp surrounding internodes)
leaf -> sheath leaf -> sheath is mined by larva Major Cerodontha denticornis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/Cerodontha denticornisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleaf -> sheathMajor larva mines leaf -> sheath
leaf sheath leaf sheath may house puparium Major Cerodontha denticornis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/Cerodontha denticornisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleaf sheathMajor puparium may be found in leaf sheath
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Major Cerodontha flavocingulata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha flavocingulata/Cerodontha flavocingulataa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleaf-mineMajor puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Major Cerodontha lateralis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha lateralis/Cerodontha lateralisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleaf-mineMajor puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is mined by larva Major Cerodontha flavocingulata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha flavocingulata/Cerodontha flavocingulataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleafMajor larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may have puparium Major Cerodontha flavocingulata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha flavocingulata/Cerodontha flavocingulataa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleafMajor puparium may be found on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Major Cerodontha lateralis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha lateralis/Cerodontha lateralisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleafMajor larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Cerodontha superciliosa a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha superciliosa/Cerodontha superciliosaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago serpens a stripe smut of grasses Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago serpens/Ustilago serpensa stripe smut of grasseslong, linear, erumpentsorus Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchlive, blisteredleaf long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Spermospora anamorph Foreign Spermospora ciliata Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Spermospora ciliata/Spermospora ciliataSpermospora anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchliveleaf Spermospora anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem stem may contain larva Calameuta filiformis Reed Stem Borer Hymenoptera: Cephidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cephidae/Calameuta filiformis/Calameuta filiformisreed stem borerlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Elytrigia repens/Elytrigia repenscommon couchstem larva feeds within stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
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
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Elytrigia repens (Common Couch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Elytrigia repens ssp repens
Common Couch
Subspecies 84 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElytrigia repens (Common Couch)
GenusElytrigia (couch grasses)
TribeTriticeae (wheats & barleys)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elytrigia repens (Common Couch)

Elytrigia repens (Common Couch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elytrigia repens (Common Couch):

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