Lamium L.
(dead-nettles)

Interactions where Lamium 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
fruiting calyx		fruiting calyx may house diurnal larva			Chrysolina fastuosa	Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina fastuosa/	Chrysolina fastuosa	dead-nettle leaf beetle		diurnal		larva	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			fruiting calyx					diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Chrysolina fastuosa	Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina fastuosa/	Chrysolina fastuosa	dead-nettle leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			leaf				(3-12)	adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva			Chrysolina fastuosa	Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina fastuosa/	Chrysolina fastuosa	dead-nettle leaf beetle		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			leaf					nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Amauromyza labiatarum	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza labiatarum/	Amauromyza labiatarum	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva			Tenthredo atra	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo atra/	Tenthredo atra	a sawfly		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			leaf					nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaves (terminal)		leaves (terminal) is galled by larva			Macrolabis lamii	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Macrolabis lamii/	Macrolabis lamii	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			leaves (terminal)					larva causes gall of leaves (terminal)
stem (near a node)		stem (near a node) may house puparium			Ophiomyia labiatarum	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia labiatarum/	Ophiomyia labiatarum	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			stem (near a node)					puparium may be found in stem (near a node)
stem		stem is mined by larva			Ophiomyia labiatarum	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia labiatarum/	Ophiomyia labiatarum	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles			stem					larva mines stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium			Belonidium mollissimum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Lachnaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Belonidium mollissimum/	Belonidium mollissimum	a discomycete		sessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles		dead	stem				(4-7)	sessile apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by apothecium			Mollisiopsis lanceolata	a discomycete	Helotiales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Mollisiopsis lanceolata/	Mollisiopsis lanceolata	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium/	Lamium	dead-nettles		dead	stem				(5-8)	apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Lamium (dead-nettles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Lamium album White Dead-nettle				Species		19 trophisms	1 references
Lamium amplexicaule Henbit Dead-nettle				Species		3 trophisms
Lamium confertum Northern Dead-nettle				Species		1 trophisms
Lamium hybridum Cut-leaved Dead-nettle				Species		2 trophisms
Lamium maculatum Spotted Dead-nettle				Species		4 trophisms
Lamium purpureum Red Dead-nettle				Species		4 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lamium (dead-nettles)
Family	LAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lamium is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Lamiaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lamium (dead-nettles)

Lamium (dead-nettles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lamium (dead-nettles):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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