Lactuca L.
(lettuces)

Interactions where Lactuca is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
has sap sucked by Foreign Liorhyssus hyalinus Scentless Plant Bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Liorhyssus hyalinus/Liorhyssus hyalinusscentless plant bug Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca/Lactucalettuces sucks sap of
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Chromatomyia syngenesiae Chrysanthemum Leaf Miner Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia syngenesiae/Chromatomyia syngenesiaechrysanthemum leaf minerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca/Lactucalettucesleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Liriomyza strigata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza strigata/Liriomyza strigataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca/Lactucalettucesleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Trypeta zoe Hemp Agrimony Leafminer Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/Trypeta zoehemp agrimony leafminerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Lactuca/Lactucalettucesleaf larva mines leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lactuca (lettuces) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Lactuca saligna
Least Lettuce
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Lactuca sativa
Garden Lettuce
Species 38 trophisms
Lactuca serriola
Prickly Lettuce
Species 7 trophisms 1 references
Lactuca tatarica
Blue Lettuce
Species 1 trophisms
Lactuca virosa
Greater Lettuce, Great Lettuce
Species 4 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLactuca (lettuces)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lactuca (lettuces)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Oswald, P.H. 2007 Lettuces don’t read the Floras! BSBI News 106: 7-8, colour section plates 2 & 3.

Lactuca (lettuces) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

Lebeda, A. et al 2012 Patterns of virulence variation in the interaction between Lactuca spp. and lettuce powdery mildew (Golovinomyces cichoracearum) FungEcol Vol 05 (1): 670-682.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lactuca (lettuces):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 30 images of Lactuca (lettuces)
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