Lemna L.
(duckweeds)

Interactions where Lemna 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
leaflet (live, mined) live, mined leaflet is mined by larva UK/Ireland Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tanysphyrus lemnae/Tanysphyrus lemnaeduckweed weevillarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Lemna/Lemnaduckweedslive, minedleaflet (summer)larva mines live, mined leaflet
leaflet (live, spun) live, spun leaflet may house pupa UK/Ireland Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tanysphyrus lemnae/Tanysphyrus lemnaeduckweed weevilpupa Plant / resting place / amongUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Lemna/Lemnaduckweedslive, spunleaflet (summer)pupa may be found among live, spun leaflet
leaflet (live) live leaflet is mined by larva Hydrellia albilabris a shore fly Diptera: Ephydridae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ephydridae/Hydrellia albilabris/Hydrellia albilabrisa shore flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Lemna/Lemnaduckweedsliveleaflet (summer)larva mines live leaflet
leaflet (live) live leaflet is mined by larva UK/Ireland Cataclysta lemnata Small China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Cataclysta lemnata/Cataclysta lemnatasmall China-marklarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Lemna/Lemnaduckweedsliveleaflet (autumn onwards)larva mines live leaflet
leaflet (live) live leaflet is grazed by mobile cased larva UK/Ireland Cataclysta lemnata Small China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Cataclysta lemnata/Cataclysta lemnatasmall China-marklarva Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Lemna/Lemnaduckweedsliveleaflet (autumn onwards)larva grazes in mobile case on live leaflet
thallus thallus may contain larva UK/IrelandRestricted Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Tanysphyrus lemnae/Tanysphyrus lemnaeduckweed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Lemna/LemnaduckweedsthallusSole larva feeds within thallus

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Lemna (duckweeds) 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
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 references
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLemna (duckweeds)
FamilyARACEAE (lords-and-ladies)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lemna (duckweeds)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Lemna Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
Armstrong, W.P. Wayne’s Word Lemnaceae On-Line waynesword.palomar.edu/1wayindx.htm
BSBI & OPAL Guide to duckweeds What else lives at the pond?
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lemna (duckweeds):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 31 images of Lemna (duckweeds)
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