Lythrum salicaria L.
(Purple-loosestrife)

Interactions where Lythrum salicaria 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 Pelenomus commari a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pelenomus commari/Pelenomus commaria weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrife larva feeds on
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe lythri Loosestrife Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe lythri/Erysiphe lythriloosestrife mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrife parasitises
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Altica lythri a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica lythri/Altica lythria flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Altica lythri a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica lythri/Altica lythria flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Altica palustris a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica palustris/Altica palustrisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Altica palustris a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica palustris/Altica palustrisa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Aphthona lutescens a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona lutescens/Aphthona lutescensa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Restricted Aphthona lutescens a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Aphthona lutescens/Aphthona lutescensa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleafSole imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Lythraria salicariae Loosestrife Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Lythraria salicariae/Lythraria salicariaeloosestrife flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Lythraria salicariae Loosestrife Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Lythraria salicariae/Lythraria salicariaeloosestrife flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Psylliodes picina a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes picina/Psylliodes picinaa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Psylliodes picina a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes picina/Psylliodes picinaa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella calmariensis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella calmariensis/Galerucella calmariensisa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Galerucella calmariensis a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella calmariensis/Galerucella calmariensisa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella pusilla a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella pusilla/Galerucella pusillaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Galerucella pusilla a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella pusilla/Galerucella pusillaa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Ametastegia equiseti a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Ametastegia equiseti/Ametastegia equisetia sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Coremiella cubispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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/Coremiella cubispora/Coremiella cubisporaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCoremiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedeadleafMajor (7-10)effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dying) dying leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Coremiella cubispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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/Coremiella cubispora/Coremiella cubisporaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCoremiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedyingleafMajor (7-10)effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dying leaf
leaf (dying) dying leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of Stenella dematiaceous anamorph Stenella lythri an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Stenella lythri/Stenella lythrian anamorphic fungushypophyllouscolonyStenella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedyingleaf hypophyllous colony of Stenella dematiaceous anamorph parasitises dying leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, punctiform pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria brissaceana a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria brissaceana/Septoria brissaceanaa leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, punctiformpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeliveleaf (7-9)epiphyllous, punctiform pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
ovules ovules may contain larva Restricted Nanophyes marmoratus Loosestrife Weevil Coleoptera: Nanophyidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nanophyidae/Nanophyes marmoratus/Nanophyes marmoratusloosestrife weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeovulesSole larva feeds within ovules
rootstock (woody) rootstock (woody) may contain larva UK/IrelandRestricted Hylobius transversovittatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hylobius transversovittatus/Hylobius transversovittatusa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestriferootstock (woody)Sole larva feeds within rootstock (woody)
stem (base) -external and internal surfaces (dead) dead stem (base) -external and internal surfaces is decayed by apothecium Lachnum salicariae an ascomycete fungus Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum salicariae/Lachnum salicariaean ascomycete fungusapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedeadstem (base) -external and internal surfaces apothecium is saprobic on dead stem (base) -external and internal surfaces
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Minor Sistotrema octosporum a basidiomycete fungus Cantharellales: Hydnaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Hydnaceae/Sistotrema octosporum/Sistotrema octosporuma basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedead, decayedstemMinor fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Coremiella cubispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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/Coremiella cubispora/Coremiella cubisporaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCoremiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedeadstemMajor (7-10)effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dying) dying stem is decayed by effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Coremiella cubispora a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus 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/Coremiella cubispora/Coremiella cubisporaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyCoremiella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifedyingstemMajor (7-10)effuse colony of Coremiella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dying stem

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
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lythrum salicaria (Purple-loosestrife) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLythrum salicaria (Purple-loosestrife)
GenusLythrum (a genus of Lythraceae)
FamilyLYTHRACEAE (purple loosestrife and water purslane)
OrderMYRTALES (willowherbs, loosestrifes, gums and tea-trees)
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 Lythrum salicaria (Purple-loosestrife)

Lythrum salicaria (Purple-loosestrife) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lythrum salicaria (Purple-loosestrife):

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