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Melilotus albus Medikus (White Melilot)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Melilotus albus Plant 1 July 2000 Berks England 3
Melilotus albus In flower 1 July 2000 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Melilotus albus 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 Melilotus albus:

(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of larva Sitona cylindricollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Tychius crassirostris - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Apion meliloti - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990

Melilotus albus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Melilotus
(melilots)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)

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