Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
(Essex Skipper)

Interactions where Thymelicus lineola 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 usually gregarious larva Minor Phryxe vulgaris a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe vulgaris/Phryxe vulgarisa parasitoid flyusually gregariouslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Thymelicus lineola/Thymelicus lineolaEssex skipperlarvaMinor usually gregarious larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pales pavida a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pales pavida/Pales pavidaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Thymelicus lineola/Thymelicus lineolaEssex skipperlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitised by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Syspasis scutellator an ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Syspasis scutellator/Syspasis scutellatoran ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Hesperiidae/Thymelicus lineola/Thymelicus lineolaEssex skipperlarvaSole larva endoparasitises 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
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.

Thymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper)
GenusThymelicus (a genus of skipper butterflies)
SubfamilyHESPERIINAE (a subfamily of butterflies)
FamilyHESPERIIDAE (skippers)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (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 Thymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper)

Thymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thymelicus lineola (Essex Skipper):

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