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Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. (Common Couch)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #macrophotos #webs
Subspecies Elytrigia repens ssp. repens (L.) P.Beauv. (Common Couch) 11 78

Suggested Literature

Elytrigia repens may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Elytrigia repens:

(live) live is parasitised by Blumeria graminis - Grass Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
culm (esp surrounding internodes) (live) live culm (esp surrounding internodes) is parasitised by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago hypodytes - Stem Smut Of Grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus Ustilago serpens - a stripe smut of grasses (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf -> sheath leaf -> sheath is mined by larva Cerodontha denticornis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf sheath leaf sheath may house puparium Cerodontha denticornis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Cerodontha lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha lateralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Cerodontha superciliosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Foreign Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf may have puparium Cerodontha flavocingulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may contain larva Calameuta filiformis - Reed Stem Borer (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Benson, R.B., 1951

Elytrigia repens may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
POACEAE
(grasses - formerly Graminae)

References

Benson, R.B., 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
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

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