Acidia cognata (Wiedemann, 1817)
(Coltsfoot Fly)

Interactions where Acidia cognata is the controlling partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
larva larva mines leaf Foreign Homogyne alpina Purple Colt’s-foot Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/Acidia cognatacoltsfoot flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Homogyne alpina/Homogyne alpinapurple colt's-footleaf
larva larva mines leaf UK/Ireland Petasites fragrans Winter Heliotrope Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/Acidia cognatacoltsfoot flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/Petasites fragranswinter heliotropeleaf
larva larva mines leaf UK/Ireland Petasites hybridus Butterbur Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/Acidia cognatacoltsfoot flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites hybridus/Petasites hybridusbutterburleaf
larva larva mines leaf Foreign Senecio ragworts Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/Acidia cognatacoltsfoot flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio/Senecioragwortsleaf
larva larva mines leaf UK/Ireland Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/Acidia cognatacoltsfoot flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tussilago farfara/Tussilago farfaracoltsfootleaf

Acidia cognata (Coltsfoot Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Acidia cognata (Coltsfoot Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcidia cognata (Coltsfoot Fly)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Section Acalyptratae (acalypterate flies)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acidia cognata (Coltsfoot Fly)

Acidia cognata (Coltsfoot Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Acidia cognata (Coltsfoot Fly):

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