Parallelomma vittatum (Meigen, 1826)
(Orchid Leaf-miner)

Interactions where Parallelomma vittatum 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 live leaf Minor Polygonatum Solomon’s-seals Asparagales: Asparagaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Scathophagidae/Parallelomma vittatum/Parallelomma vittatumorchid leaf-minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Polygonatum/PolygonatumSolomon’s-sealsliveleafMinor (summer)
larva (solitary, then gregarious) solitary, then gregarious larva mines live leaf ORCHIDACEAE orchids Asparagales A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Scathophagidae/Parallelomma vittatum/Parallelomma vittatumorchid leaf-minersolitary, then gregariouslarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchidaceaeorchidsliveleaf (summer)
larva (solitary, then gregarious) solitary, then gregarious larva mines live leaf Orchis a genus of orchids Asparagales: Orchidaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Scathophagidae/Parallelomma vittatum/Parallelomma vittatumorchid leaf-minersolitary, then gregariouslarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis/Orchisa genus of orchidsliveleaf (summer)

Parallelomma vittatum (Orchid Leaf-miner) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Parallelomma vittatum (Orchid Leaf-miner) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParallelomma vittatum (Orchid Leaf-miner)
GenusParallelomma (a genus of leaf-mining dungflies)
FamilySCATHOPHAGIDAE (dung flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
Section Calyptratae (dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles)
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 Parallelomma vittatum (Orchid Leaf-miner)

Parallelomma vittatum (Orchid Leaf-miner) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Parallelomma vittatum (Orchid Leaf-miner):

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