Thymus polytrichus A. Kern. ex Borbás
(Wild Thyme)

Interactions where Thymus polytrichus 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
plant may have imago Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeplant (4-early 10)imago may be found on plant
is foodplant of larva Meligethes exilis a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes exilis/Meligethes exilisa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thyme larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Meligethes lugubris a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes lugubris/Meligethes lugubrisa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thyme larva feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Lasiacantha capucina Thyme Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Lasiacantha capucina/Lasiacantha capucinathyme lacebugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thyme adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Lasiacantha capucina Thyme Lacebug Hemiptera: Tingidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Lasiacantha capucina/Lasiacantha capucinathyme lacebugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thyme nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Heterogaster artemisiae a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Heterogaster artemisiae/Heterogaster artemisiaea ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thyme adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Heterogaster artemisiae a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Heterogaster artemisiae/Heterogaster artemisiaea ground bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thyme nymph sucks sap of
base base of plant may have imago Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymebaseplant (4-early 10)imago may be found on base of plant
flower Major flower is grazed by imago Restricted Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeflowerSole imago grazes on flower
flower Major flower is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeflowerSole larva grazes on flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Restricted Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymeleafSole imago grazes on leaf
stem Major stem is grazed by larva Restricted Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymestemSole larva grazes on stem
stem Major stem is grazed by imago Restricted Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Thymus polytrichus/Thymus polytrichuswild thymestemSole imago grazes on stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Thymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Thymus polytrichus ssp britannicus
Wild Thyme
Subspecies 3 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme)
GenusThymus (thymes)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Thymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme)

Thymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Thymus polytrichus (Wild Thyme)
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