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Mespilus germanica L. (Medlar)

Suggested Literature

Mespilus germanica 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 Mespilus germanica:

is parasitised by Phyllactinia mali - a conidial powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos is parasitised by Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina - Hawthorn Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
cambium of dead twig (below) below cambium of dead twig is mined by larva Magdalis barbicornis - Pear Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
fruit (mummified) mummified fruit is decayed by long-stalked apothecium Monilinia mespili - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos fruit fruit may contain larva Rhynchites aequatus - Apple Fruit Rhynchites (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by mainly hypophyllous aecium Gymnosporangium confusum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing thickened brown spots with yellow margins]
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by mainly hypophyllous pycnium Gymnosporangium confusum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Monilinia anamorph Monilinia mespili - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes leaf blotch]
leaf (midrib) leaf (midrib) may contain larva Rhynchites pauxillus - a leafroller weevil (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) may contain larva Rhynchites pauxillus - a leafroller weevil (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Caliroa cerasi - Pear And Cherry Slug Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952 [skeletonises the leaf, leaving one cuticle intact]
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by web-dwelling communal larva Neurotoma saltuum - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae) Benson, R.B., 1951

Mespilus germanica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ROSACEAE
(roses and fruit trees)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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