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Nepeta (cat-mints)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Nepeta cataria L. (Cat-mint) 2
Hybrid Nepeta nepetella x racemosa (N. x faassenii) Bergmans ex Stearn (Garden Cat-mint) 1

Suggested Literature

Nepeta 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 Nepeta:

leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus lycopi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus lycopi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
stem (near a node) stem (near a node) may house puparium Ophiomyia labiatarum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Foreign Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia labiatarum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Foreign Spencer, K.A., 1972 [inconspicuous mine]

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)

References

Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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