Nilea hortulana (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Nilea hortulana 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
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Calliteara pudibunda	Pale Tussock	Lepidoptera: Erebidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Calliteara pudibunda/	Calliteara pudibunda	pale tussock				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Orgyia antiqua	Vapourer	Lepidoptera: Erebidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/	Orgyia antiqua	vapourer				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Acronicta	daggers and knotgrasses	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Acronicta/	Acronicta	daggers and knotgrasses				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Acronicta aceris	Sycamore Moth	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Acronicta aceris/	Acronicta aceris	sycamore moth				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Acronicta psi	Grey Dagger	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Acronicta psi/	Acronicta psi	grey dagger				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Acronicta rumicis	Knot Grass Moth	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Acronicta rumicis/	Acronicta rumicis	knot grass moth				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Acronicta tridens	Dark Dagger	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Acronicta tridens/	Acronicta tridens	dark dagger				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Subacronicta megacephala	Poplar Grey	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 1: with a description of Frontina laeta Mg., (Dipt: Larvaevoridae), Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1953	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Subacronicta megacephala/	Subacronicta megacephala	poplar grey				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Mamestra brassicae	Cabbage Moth	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 The invertebrate fauna of Nottingham: supplement, Carr, J.W., 1935	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mamestra brassicae/	Mamestra brassicae	cabbage moth				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Agrotis segetum	Turnip Moth	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 1: with a description of Frontina laeta Mg., (Dipt: Larvaevoridae), Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1953	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Agrotis segetum/	Agrotis segetum	turnip moth				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Xestia ashworthii	Ashworth’s Rustic	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Xestia ashworthii/	Xestia ashworthii	Ashworth's rustic				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Autographa gamma	Silver Y	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Autographa gamma/	Autographa gamma	silver Y				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Phalera bucephala	Buff-tip	Lepidoptera: Notodontidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Notodontidae/Phalera bucephala/	Phalera bucephala	buff-tip				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			[Archips podana/operana]	a group of tortrix moths	Lepidoptera: Tortricidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.), Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1955	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Archips podana/operana/	Archips podana/operana	a group of tortrix moths				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Ptycholoma lecheana	Brindled Twist	Lepidoptera: Tortricidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.), Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1955	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Ptycholoma lecheana/	Ptycholoma lecheana	brindled twist				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Pieris brassicae	Large White Butterfly	Lepidoptera: Pieridae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/	Nilea hortulana	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Pieris brassicae/	Pieris brassicae	large white butterfly	?			larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Belshaw, R., 1993	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Carr, J.W., 1935	The invertebrate fauna of Nottingham: supplement	J. and H. Bell, Nottingham
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1953	On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 1: with a description of Frontina laeta Mg., (Dipt: Larvaevoridae)	Ent. Gazette 4: 273-279.
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V., 1955	On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.)	Ent. Gazette 6: 168-174.

Nilea hortulana (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Nilea hortulana (a parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Nilea hortulana (a parasitoid fly)
Tribe	Eryciini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
Subfamily	EXORISTINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
Family	TACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
Superfamily	OESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Nilea hortulana is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nilea hortulana (a parasitoid fly)

Nilea hortulana (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nilea hortulana (a parasitoid fly):

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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