Silene L.
(campions and catchflies)

Interactions where Silene 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').

Filters:

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 galled by			Brachycolus cucubali	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycolus cucubali/	Brachycolus cucubali	an aphid					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies								causes gall of
flower bud		flower bud is galled by larva			Contarinia steini	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Contarinia steini/	Contarinia steini	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			flower bud		Sole			larva causes gall of flower bud
flower		flower is grazed by larva			Hypera arator	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera arator/	Hypera arator	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			flower					larva grazes on flower
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			leaf		Major			adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			leaf		Major			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera arator	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera arator/	Hypera arator	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Amauromyza flavifrons	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza flavifrons/	Amauromyza flavifrons	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies			leaf					larva mines leaf
root (live)		live root has sap sucked by			Aphis sambuci	Elder Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) sambuci/	Aphis (Aphis) sambuci	elder aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies		live	root				(summer)	sucks sap of live root
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by stalked (often rather long) apothecium			Hymenoscyphus vitellinus	a discomycete	Helotiales: Helotiaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Hymenoscyphus vitellinus/	Hymenoscyphus vitellinus	a discomycete		stalked (often rather long)		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene/	Silene	campions and catchflies		dead	stem				(7-10)	stalked (often rather long) apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Silene (campions and catchflies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Silene acaulis Moss Campion				Species		5 trophisms
Silene baccifera Berry Catchfly				Species		4 trophisms
Silene chalcedonica Maltese-cross				Species		4 trophisms
Silene dioica Red Campion				Species		29 trophisms	2 references
Silene flos-cuculi Ragged Robin, Ragged-robin				Species		4 trophisms
Silene italica Italian Catchfly				Species		2 trophisms	1 references
Silene latifolia White Campion				Species	1 subtaxa	17 trophisms	2 references
Silene latifolia x dioica = S. x hampeana hybrid campion				Species hybrid		1 trophisms	1 references
Silene noctiflora Night-flowering Catchfly				Species		2 trophisms
Silene nutans Nottingham Catchfly				Species		6 trophisms
Silene otites Spanish Catchfly				Species		5 trophisms
Silene pendula Nodding Catchfly				Species		2 trophisms
Silene uniflora Sea Campion				Species		13 trophisms	2 references
Silene viscaria Sticky Catchfly				Species		3 trophisms
Silene vulgaris Bladder Campion				Species		18 trophisms	2 references
Silene vulgaris x uniflora a sea campion				Species hybrid			1 references

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Silene (campions and catchflies)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Silene is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Silene (campions and catchflies)

Silene (campions and catchflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Dioecy
Monéger, F., Barbacar, N. & Negrutiu, I.	2000	Dioecious Silene at the X-road: the reasons Y	Sexual Plant Reproduction Vol 12 (4): 245-249.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Silene (campions and catchflies):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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