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Lamium (dead-nettles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Lamium album L. (White Dead-nettle) 6   1 13
Species Lamium amplexicaule L. (Henbit Dead-nettle) 8 7   2
Species Lamium confertum Fries (Northern Dead-nettle)       1
Species Lamium hybridum Villars (Cut-leaved Dead-nettle)       1
Species Lamium maculatum L. (Spotted Dead-nettle)       2
Species Lamium purpureum L. (Red Dead-nettle) 5 4   4

Suggested Literature

Lamium 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 Lamium:

fruiting calyx fruiting calyx may house diurnal larva Chrysolina fastuosa - Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is mined by larva Amauromyza labiatorum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear-blotch mine]
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina fastuosa - Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Chrysolina fastuosa - Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo atra - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by larva Macrolabis lamii - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Mollisiopsis lanceolata - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Lasiobelonium mollissimum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (near a node) stem (near a node) may house puparium Ophiomyia labiatarum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia labiatarum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [inconspicuous mine]

Lamium 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)
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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