Cerastium fontanum Baumg.
(Common Mouse-ear)

Interactions where Cerastium fontanum 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').

Filters:

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
bud has sap sucked by Major Rhopalus parumpunctatus a rhopalid bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusa rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earbudMajor sucks sap of bud
seed has sap sucked by Major Rhopalus parumpunctatus a rhopalid bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusa rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earseedMajor sucks sap of seed
has sap sucked by adult Major Berytinus crassipes a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipes/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipesa stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Berytinus crassipes a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipes/Berytinus (Berytinus) crassipesa stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earMajor nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Neides tipularius a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Neides tipularius/Neides tipulariusa stiltbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-ear nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Neides tipularius a stiltbug Hemiptera: Berytidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Neides tipularius/Neides tipulariusa stiltbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-ear adult sucks sap of
bud bud has sap sucked by adult Peritrechus lundii a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earbud adult sucks sap of bud
seed seed has sap sucked by adult Peritrechus lundii a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earseed adult sucks sap of seed

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.

Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 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
Cerastium fontanum ssp holosteoides
a common mouse-ear
Subspecies 2 trophisms
Cerastium fontanum ssp scoticum
Scottish Mouse-ear
Subspecies 4 trophisms
Cerastium fontanum ssp vulgare
a common mouse-ear
Subspecies 15 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear)
GenusCerastium (mouse-ears)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear)

Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear):

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