BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lychnis (a genus of catchflies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Species Lychnis flos-cuculi L. (Ragged Robin) 3 46 13 3

Suggested Literature

Lychnis 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 Lychnis:

flower flower is grazed by larva Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
flower flower may have adult Cryptocephalus exiguus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Amauromyza flavifrons - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white linear-blotch]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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