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Artemisia (mugworts)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #webs
Species Artemisia abrotanum L. (Southernwood)   1
Species Artemisia absinthium L. (Wormwood) 1 9
Species Artemisia campestris L. (Field Mugwort)   2
Species Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte (Chinese Mugwort)   1
Species Artemisia vulgaris L. (Mugwort) 13 32

Suggested Literature

Artemisia 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Artemisia:

is foodplant of larva Olibrus aeneus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Mordellistena parvula - a tumbling flower beetle (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
may have adult Chrysolina marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
may have adult Cryptocephalus bilineatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos may have adult Cryptocephalus fulvus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Puccinia tanaceti - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta artemisiae - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta zoe - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina graminis - Tansy Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina graminis - Tansy Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche artemisiae-campestris - Oxtongue Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium Lophiostoma semiliberum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (live) live stem is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia tanaceti - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Artemisia 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)
Anthemideae
(a tribe of composites)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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