Heptamelus ochroleucus (Stephens, 1835)
(Pale Shorthorn)

Interactions where Heptamelus ochroleucus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 feeds within stem FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Heptamelus ochroleucus/Heptamelus ochroleucuspale shorthornlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate fernsstem
larva larva feeds within stem Major Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern, Lady-fern Polypodiales: Athyriaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Heptamelus ochroleucus/Heptamelus ochroleucuspale shorthornlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernstemMajor
larva larva feeds within stem Major Blechnum hard-ferns Polypodiales: Blechnaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Heptamelus ochroleucus/Heptamelus ochroleucuspale shorthornlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum/Blechnumhard-fernsstemMajor
larva larva feeds within stem Major Polypodium vulgare s.l. polypodies Polypodiales: Polypodiaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Heptamelus ochroleucus/Heptamelus ochroleucuspale shorthornlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Polypodiaceae/Polypodium vulgare s.l./Polypodium vulgare s.l.polypodiesstemMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Heptamelus ochroleucus (Pale Shorthorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Heptamelus ochroleucus (Pale Shorthorn) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHeptamelus ochroleucus (Pale Shorthorn)
FamilyTENTHREDINIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Heptamelus ochroleucus (Pale Shorthorn)

Heptamelus ochroleucus (Pale Shorthorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Heptamelus ochroleucus (Pale Shorthorn):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)