Oxyna flavipennis (Loew, 1844)
(Clouded Yarrow Fly)

Interactions where Oxyna flavipennis 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 causes gall of rhizome Achillea yarrows and milfoils Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Oxyna flavipennis/Oxyna flavipennisclouded yarrow flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea/Achilleayarrows and milfoilsrhizome
larva larva causes gall of stem (base) Achillea yarrows and milfoils Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Oxyna flavipennis/Oxyna flavipennisclouded yarrow flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea/Achilleayarrows and milfoilsstem (base)
larva larva causes gall of root UK/Ireland Achillea millefolium Yarrow Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Oxyna flavipennis/Oxyna flavipennisclouded yarrow flylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea millefolium/Achillea millefoliumyarrowroot
larva larva causes gall of root Foreign Achillea nobilis Noble Yarrow Asterales: Asteraceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Oxyna flavipennis/Oxyna flavipennisclouded yarrow flylarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea nobilis/Achillea nobilisnoble yarrowroot

Oxyna flavipennis (Clouded Yarrow Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Oxyna flavipennis (Clouded Yarrow Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
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:
SpeciesOxyna flavipennis (Clouded Yarrow Fly)
GenusOxyna (a genus of gall flies)
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 Oxyna flavipennis (Clouded Yarrow Fly)

Oxyna flavipennis (Clouded Yarrow Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Oxyna flavipennis (Clouded Yarrow Fly):

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