Ligustrum L.
(privets)

Interactions where Ligustrum 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 associate of Lytta vesicatoria Spanish Fly, Blister Beetle Coleoptera: Meloidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Meloidae/Lytta vesicatoria/Lytta vesicatoriaspanish fly, blister beetle Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivets is associated with
is associate of perithecium Nitschkia brevispina a pyrenomycete Coronophorales: Nitschkiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Coronophorales/Nitschkiaceae/Nitschkia brevispina/Nitschkia brevispinaa pyrenomyceteperithecium Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivets (2-4)perithecium is associated with
may be infected and damaged by UK/IrelandMajor Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/LigustrumprivetsMajor infects and damages
bark bark may shelter adult Major Aneurus avenius a flat bark bug Hemiptera: Aradidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurodes) avenius/Aneurus (Aneurodes) aveniusa flat bark bugadult Plant / resting place / under /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/LigustrumprivetsbarkMajor adult may be found under bark
bough (small) (dead) dead bough (small) is associate of adult Aneurus avenius a flat bark bug Hemiptera: Aradidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurodes) avenius/Aneurus (Aneurodes) aveniusa flat bark bugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbough (small) adult is associated with dead bough (small)
branch (cortex) (dead) dead branch (cortex) is decayed by immersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8 perithecium Valsa cypri a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa cypri/Valsa cypria valsoid pyrenomyceteimmersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8perithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbranch (cortex) immersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch (cortex)
branch (cortex) (dead) dead branch (cortex) is decayed by immersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8 perithecium Valsa cypri a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa cypri/Valsa cypria valsoid pyrenomyceteimmersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8perithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbranch (cortex) immersed, stromatic, in group of 3 to 8 perithecium is saprobic on dead branch (cortex)
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by hysterothecium UK/Ireland Gloniopsis praelonga an ascomycete Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion, Bisby, G.R., 1941
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Gloniopsis praelonga/Gloniopsis praelongaan ascomycetehysterothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbranch (1-12)hysterothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by erumpent, in small groups from bark crack apothecium Tympanis ligustri a discomycete Helotiales: Tympanidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Notes on British species of Tympanis (Leotiales) with T. prunicola new to Britain, Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Tympanidaceae/Tympanis ligustri/Tympanis ligustria discomyceteerumpent, in small groups from bark crackapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbranch (1-5)erumpent, in small groups from bark crack apothecium is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph Valsa cypri a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa cypri/Valsa cypria valsoid pyrenomycetegregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocularpycnidiumCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbranch (3)gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph Valsa cypri a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Valsa cypri/Valsa cypria valsoid pyrenomycetegregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocularpycnidiumCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadbranch (3)gregarious, stromatic, immersed, unilocular pycnidium of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead branch
branch (fallen, dead) fallen, dead branch is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Massarinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Helminthosporium velutinum/Helminthosporium velutinuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyHelminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsfallen, deadbranch effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead branch
flower flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Cryptocephalus nitidulus Shining Pot Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus nitidulus/Cryptocephalus nitidulusshining pot beetleadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsflower (early 5-9)adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
inflorescence inflorescence is galled by larva Placochela nigripes a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Placochela nigripes/Placochela nigripesa gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsinflorescence larva causes gall of inflorescence
leaf (young) (discoloured, tightly curled) discoloured, tightly curled leaf (young) is galled by Myzus ligustri Privet Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ligustri/Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ligustriprivet aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdiscoloured, tightly curledleaf (young) (spring-summer)causes gall of discoloured, tightly curled leaf (young)
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo vespa a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo vespa/Tenthredo vespaa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is decayed by mostly epiphyllous, numerous pseudothecium Mycosphaerella ligustri Privet Leaf Spot - causative organism Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella ligustri/Mycosphaerella ligustriprivet leaf spot (causative organism)mostly epiphyllous, numerouspseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsleaf mostly epiphyllous, numerous pseudothecium is saprobic on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have larva UK/Ireland Dendrothrips ornatus Privet Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Dendrothrips ornatus/Dendrothrips ornatusprivet thripslarva Plant / resting place / onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsliveleaf (7-8,11)larva may be found on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have male UK/Ireland Dendrothrips ornatus Privet Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Dendrothrips ornatus/Dendrothrips ornatusprivet thripsmale Plant / resting place / onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsliveleaf (7,9,11)male may be found on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have female UK/Ireland Dendrothrips ornatus Privet Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Dendrothrips ornatus/Dendrothrips ornatusprivet thripsfemale Plant / resting place / onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsliveleaf (4-5,7-9,11)female may be found on live leaf
leaf (yellowing, prematurely falling) yellowing, prematurely falling leaf may be infected and damaged by Major Rosellinia necatrix White Root Rot - causative organism Xylariales: Xylariaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Rosellinia necatrix/Rosellinia necatrixwhite root rot (causative organism) Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsyellowing, prematurely fallingleafMajor infects and damages yellowing, prematurely falling leaf
stem (esp. base) stem (esp. base) is galled by Rhizobium radiobacter Crown Gall - causative organism Rhizobiales: Rhizobiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Proteobacteria/Alphaproteobacteria/Rhizobiales/Rhizobiaceae/Rhizobium radiobacter/Rhizobium radiobactercrown gall (causative organism) Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsstem (esp. base) causes gall of stem (esp. base)
stem (live) live stem has sap sucked by Chionaspis salicis Willow Scale Hemiptera: Diaspididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetslivestem sucks sap of live stem
twig (thin) (dead) dead twig (thin) is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diplodia ligustri a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Botryosphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Botryosphaeriaceae/Diplodia ligustri/Diplodia ligustria coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumDiplodia coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadtwig (thin) (4-6)immersed pycnidium of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig (thin)
twig (dead) dead twig is associate of adult Aneurus avenius a flat bark bug Hemiptera: Aradidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurodes) avenius/Aneurus (Aneurodes) aveniusa flat bark bugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadtwig adult is associated with dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by hysterothecium UK/Ireland Gloniopsis praelonga an ascomycete Hysteriales: Hysteriaceae British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and Mytilidion, Bisby, G.R., 1941
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Hysteriales/Hysteriaceae/Gloniopsis praelonga/Gloniopsis praelongaan ascomycetehysterothecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadtwig (1-12)hysterothecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by apothecium Perrotia flammea Wood Spark Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Perrotia flammea/Perrotia flammeawood sparkapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsdeadtwig (8-9)apothecium is saprobic on dead twig
twig (fallen, dead) fallen, dead twig is decayed by effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Helminthosporium velutinum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Massarinaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Massarinaceae/Helminthosporium velutinum/Helminthosporium velutinuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyHelminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetsfallen, deadtwig effuse colony of Helminthosporium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on fallen, dead twig
wood wood is decayed by immersed, often loosely grouped perithecium Diaporthe eres a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe eres/Diaporthe eresa pyrenomyceteimmersed, often loosely groupedperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetswood immersed, often loosely grouped perithecium is saprobic on wood
wood wood is decayed by colony of Xylohypha dematiaceous anamorph Xylohypha nigrescens a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Xylohypha nigrescens/Xylohypha nigrescensa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyXylohypha dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetswood colony of Xylohypha dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on wood

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Bisby, G.R., 1941British species of Hysterium, Gloniopsis, Dichaena and MytilidionTBMS Vol 25(2): 127-140,IN1.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M., 1996Notes on British species of Tympanis (Leotiales) with T. prunicola new to BritainKew Bulletin Vol 51 (1): 187-191.

Ligustrum (privets) 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
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Garden Privet
Species 14 trophisms
Ligustrum vulgare
Wild Privet
Species 15 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLigustrum (privets)
FamilyOLEACEAE (olives, privets, ashes, lilacs and forsythias)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ligustrum (privets)

Ligustrum (privets) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ligustrum (privets):

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