Vicia cracca L.
(Tufted Vetch)

Interactions where Vicia cracca 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
is foodplant of larva Major Cyanapion spencii a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Cyanapion spencii/Cyanapion spenciia seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Eutrichapion vorax a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion vorax/Eutrichapion voraxa seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Oxystoma craccae a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma craccae/Oxystoma craccaea seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetch larva feeds on
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe pisi var pisi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe pisi var. pisi/Erysiphe pisi var. pisia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetch parasitises
(live) live may have male Neohydatothrips gracilicornis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Neohydatothrips gracilicornis/Neohydatothrips gracilicornisa thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlive (7-9)male may be found on live
(live) live may have female Neohydatothrips gracilicornis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Neohydatothrips gracilicornis/Neohydatothrips gracilicornisa thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlive (5-9)female may be found on live
(live) live may have larva Neohydatothrips gracilicornis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Neohydatothrips gracilicornis/Neohydatothrips gracilicornisa thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlive (7-9)larva may be found on live
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora viciae s. lat. Pea Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae s. lat./Peronospora viciae s. lat.pea downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlive sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlive telium parasitises live
flower (feeding on anthers, pistils) flower (feeding on anthers, pistils) may contain larva Eutrichapion viciae a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion viciae/Eutrichapion viciaea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchflower (feeding on anthers, pistils) larva feeds within flower (feeding on anthers, pistils)
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) is mined by solitary larva Agromyza marionae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza marionae/Agromyza marionaea leaf-mining flysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchleaf (petiole) solitary larva mines leaf (petiole)
leaf leaf is galled by Major Vasates retiolatus a gall mite Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Vasates retiolatus/Vasates retiolatusa gall mite Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchleafMajor causes gall of leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMajor Hypera miles a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera miles/Hypera milesa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Agromyza bicophaga a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza bicophaga/Agromyza bicophagaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph ForeignMajor Ramularia sphaeroidea an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia sphaeroidea/Ramularia sphaeroideaan anamorphic fungusmostly hypophyllouscolonyRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchleafMajor mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Cercosporella anamorph ForeignMajor Cercosporella lindaviana (A Leaf-spot Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercosporella lindaviana/Cercosporella lindaviana(a leaf-spot fungus)colonyCercosporella anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchliveleafMajor colony of Cercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, aggregated, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta viciae a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta viciae/Ascochyta viciaea coelomyceteepiphyllous, aggregated, minute, blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchliveleaf (8-9)epiphyllous, aggregated, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustmostly hypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchliveleaf mostly hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (mined) mined leaf is mined by larva Foreign Agromyza viciae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Agromyza viciae Kaltenbach, 1872 new for the British Isles and Norway with the first description of the male and a literature review, Gibbs, D. & Tschirnhaus, M. von, 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza viciae/Agromyza viciaea leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchminedleaf larva mines mined leaf
pod (feeding on unripe seeds) pod (feeding on unripe seeds) may contain larva Major Oxystoma cerdo a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma cerdo/Oxystoma cerdoa seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchpod (feeding on unripe seeds)Major larva feeds within pod (feeding on unripe seeds)
pod (on unripe seeds) pod (on unripe seeds) may contain larva Major Oxystoma pomonae a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma pomonae/Oxystoma pomonaea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchpod (on unripe seeds)Major larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds)
pod (live) live pod is spotted by epiphyllous, aggregated, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta viciae a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta viciae/Ascochyta viciaea coelomyceteepiphyllous, aggregated, minute, blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlivepod (8-9)epiphyllous, aggregated, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live pod
stem stem is galled by larva Major Cyanapion gyllenhalii a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Cyanapion gyllenhalii/Cyanapion gyllenhaliia seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchstemMajor larva causes gall of stem
stem stem is galled by larva Major Holotrichapion aethiops a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion aethiops/Holotrichapion aethiopsa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchstemMajor larva causes gall of stem
stem stem is galled by larva UK/Ireland Agromyza erythrocephala a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza erythrocephala/Agromyza erythrocephalaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchstem larva causes gall of stem
stem stem may have puparium UK/Ireland Agromyza erythrocephala a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza erythrocephala/Agromyza erythrocephalaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchstem puparium may be found on stem
stem stem is mined by solitary larva Restricted Agromyza marionae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza marionae/Agromyza marionaea leaf-mining flysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchstemSole solitary larva mines stem
stem stem may have puparium Agromyza marionae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza marionae/Agromyza marionaea leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchstem puparium may be found on stem
stem (live) live stem is spotted by epiphyllous, aggregated, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta viciae a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta viciae/Ascochyta viciaea coelomyceteepiphyllous, aggregated, minute, blackpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia cracca/Vicia craccatufted vetchlivestem (8-9)epiphyllous, aggregated, minute, black pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Gibbs, D. & Tschirnhaus, M. von, 2005Agromyza viciae Kaltenbach, 1872 new for the British Isles and Norway with the first description of the male and a literature reviewStudia Dipterologica Vol 12 (2): 429-441.
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVicia cracca (Tufted Vetch)
GenusVicia (vetches)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch)

Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch):

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