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Pilosella (mouse-ear-hawkweeds)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Aggregate Pilosella aurantiaca agg. (fox and cubs's)        
Species Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F.Schultz & Schultz-Bip. (Fox-and-cubs) 7     6
Species Pilosella flagellaris (Willd.) Sell & C.West (Shetland Mouse-ear-hawkweed)        
Subspecies Pilosella flagellaris ssp. flagellaris (a Shetland mouse-ear-hawkweed) 8      
Species Pilosella officinarum F.Schultz & Schultz-Bip. (Mouse-ear Hawkweed) 10 7 8 13

Suggested Literature

Pilosella may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pilosella:

is foodplant of larva Olibrus liquidus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos may have adult Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf may contain larva Phytomyza rufescens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [internal mine, mainly in basal leaves, running along midrib, short lateral off-shoots into leaf-blade]

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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