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Myosotis (forget-me-nots)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill (Field Forget-me-not) 7 16 4
Species Myosotis discolor Pers. (Changing Forget-me-not) 5 17 2
Species Myosotis laxa Lehm (Tufted Forget-me-not) 3   3
Species Myosotis ramosissima Rochel (Early Forget-me-not) 12 3 3
Species Myosotis scorpioides L. (Water Forget-me-not) 9 4 4
Species Myosotis secunda A. Murray (Creeping Forget-me-not) 9 11 1
Species Myosotis sylvatica Hoffm. (Wood Forget-me-not) 2   4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Privately published

Myosotis may also 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 Myosotis:

is foodplant of Mogulones asperifoliarum - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of Mogulones euphorbiae - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Phytomyza myosotica - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Questionable Spencer, K.A., 1972 [on lower surface]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza myosotidis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza pseudorufipes - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [large blotch, frequently entering second leaf to complete metamorphosis]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza myosotica - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Questionable Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine initially linear, later developing into a whitish blotch]

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BORAGINACEAE
(comfreys and forget-me-nots)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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