Limothrips denticornis Haliday, 1836
(a thrips)

Interactions where Limothrips denticornis 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
female female feeds on live floret POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlivefloret (1-11)
larva larva feeds on live floret POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlivefloret (7-8)
male male feeds on live floret POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripsmale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchlivefloret (6-10)
female female feeds on live floret Major Avena oats Poales: Poaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena/AvenaoatslivefloretMajor (1-11)
larva larva feeds on live floret Major Avena oats Poales: Poaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena/AvenaoatslivefloretMajor (7-8)
male male feeds on live floret Major Avena oats Poales: Poaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripsmale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena/AvenaoatslivefloretMajor (6-10)
adult adult feeds on live ear UK/Ireland Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/Triticum aestivumbread wheatliveear
larva larva feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips denticornis/Limothrips denticornisa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/Triticum aestivumbread wheatliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Limothrips denticornis (a thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Limothrips denticornis (a thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLimothrips denticornis (a thrips)
GenusLimothrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
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 Limothrips denticornis (a thrips)

Limothrips denticornis (a thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Limothrips denticornis (a thrips):

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