BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Malva (mallows)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Malva moschata L. (Musk-mallow)	13	4
Species	Malva neglecta Wallr. (Dwarf Mallow)	7	5
Species	Malva pusilla Smith (Small Mallow)		3
Species	Malva sylvestris L. (Common Mallow)	16	12

Suggested Literature

Malva may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Malva:

		is foodplant of larva	Lixus angustatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	cambium	cambium may contain larva	Scolytus rugulosus - Fruit Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Bullock, J.A., 1992
	leaf (live)	live leaf is galled by pulvinate, hypophyllous telium	Puccinia malvacearum - Mallow And Hollyhock Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [causes yellow spots]
	leaf-mine (end of)	leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium	Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf	leaf is galled by	Aphis umbrella (Homoptera: Aphididae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
	petiole (live)	live petiole is parasitised by pulvinate telium	Puccinia malvacearum - Mallow And Hollyhock Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem (live)	live stem is galled by pulvinate telium	Puccinia malvacearum - Mallow And Hollyhock Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	stem (live)	live stem is parasitised by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Colletotrichum malvarum - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stem	stem may contain larva	Apion radiolus - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1990

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

References