Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, [1799])
(Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth)

Interactions where Pachycnemia hippocastanaria 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
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Cyrtophloeba ruricola a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Cyrtophloeba ruricola/Cyrtophloeba ruricolaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Pachycnemia hippocastanaria/Pachycnemia hippocastanariahorse chestnut, horse chestnut mothlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth)
SubfamilyENNOMINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyGEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
SuperfamilyGEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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 Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth)

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pickess, B.P. 2005 Additional records from the Rothamstead Light Trap Survey of Horse Chestnut Moth Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hb.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Southern England Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18, Part 2: 104.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut, Horse Chestnut Moth)
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