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Hypochaeris (cat's-ears)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #webs
Species Hypochaeris glabra L. (Smooth Cat's-ear)   4
Species Hypochaeris maculata L. (Spotted Cat's-ear) 6 6
Species Hypochaeris radicata L. (Cat’s Ear) 3 14

Suggested Literature

Hypochaeris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Hypochaeris:

is foodplant of Gliocanus distinctus - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Olibrus affinis - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (base of midrib) leaf (base of midrib) may house puparium Ophiomyia cunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf (midrib, lamina) leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva Ophiomyia beckeri - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Foreign Spencer, K.A., 1976 [mine along midrib with short offshoots into leaf blade]
leaf (midrib, lamina) leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva Ophiomyia cunctata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with offshoots into leaf blade]
leaf (midrib, lamina) leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva Ophiomyia pulicaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white mine along midrib with short offshoots into leaf blade]
leaf (petiole at base) leaf (petiole at base) may house puparium Ophiomyia pulicaria - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta immaculata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche minor var. flava - a common broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Stace, C., 1997

Hypochaeris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spencer, K.A., 1976 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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