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Lycopus europaeus L. (Gipsywort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Lycopus europaeus Plant (in fruit) 16 September 2005 North Hampshire England 10
Lycopus europaeus Plant 6 May 2000 Berks England 2
Lycopus europaeus Plant 30 July 1971 South Devon England 2

Suggested Literature

Lycopus europaeus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lycopus europaeus:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe biocellata - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of Datonychus arquatus - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of Datonychus melanostictus - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
may have adult Cryptocephalus pusillus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia lineolata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus lycopi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus lycopi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo thomsoni - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed or semi-immersed pseudothecium Lophiostoma angustilabrum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Mollisia lycopi - an ascomycete fungus (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on blackened areas]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Mollisiopsis lanceolata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Moellerodiscus tenuistipes - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, rotten) dead, rotten stem is decayed by apothecium Pyrenopeziza lycopincola - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on blackened areas]

Lycopus europaeus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)

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