BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Iris spuria L. (Blue Iris)

Suggested Literature

Iris spuria may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Iris spuria:

leaf (live) live leaf is mined by communal larva Cerodontha iridis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Rare Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine inconspicuous, mottled, greenish]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Rhadinoceraea micans - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952

Iris spuria may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Iris
(irises)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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