Polychrysia moneta (Fabricius, 1787)
(Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth)

Interactions where Polychrysia moneta 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
caterpillar (young) caterpillar (young) hibernates inside old stem Aconitum napellus s.l. monk’s hood Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar (young) Plant / hibernates / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Aconitum napellus s.l./Aconitum napellus s.l.monk's hoodoldstem
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Aconitum napellus s.l. monk’s hood Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Aconitum napellus s.l./Aconitum napellus s.l.monk's hoodliveleaf (summer)
caterpillar caterpillar spins live, spun-together shoot (young) Aconitum napellus s.l. monk’s hood Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Aconitum napellus s.l./Aconitum napellus s.l.monk's hoodlive, spun-togethershoot (young) (spring)
caterpillar (young) caterpillar (young) hibernates inside old stem Consolida ajacis Larkspur Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar (young) Plant / hibernates / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Consolida ajacis/Consolida ajacislarkspuroldstem
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Consolida ajacis Larkspur Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Consolida ajacis/Consolida ajacislarkspurliveleaf (summer)
caterpillar caterpillar spins live, spun-together shoot (young) Consolida ajacis Larkspur Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Consolida ajacis/Consolida ajacislarkspurlive, spun-togethershoot (young) (spring)
caterpillar (young) caterpillar (young) hibernates inside old stem Delphinium delphiniums Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar (young) Plant / hibernates / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsoldstem
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Delphinium delphiniums Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumsliveleaf (summer)
caterpillar caterpillar spins live, spun-together shoot (young) Delphinium delphiniums Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Delphinium/Delphiniumdelphiniumslive, spun-togethershoot (young) (spring)
caterpillar (young) caterpillar (young) hibernates inside old stem [Trollius sp. cult.] cultivated globe-flowers Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar (young) Plant / hibernates / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Trollius sp. cult./Trollius sp. cult.cultivated globe-flowersoldstem
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf [Trollius sp. cult.] cultivated globe-flowers Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Trollius sp. cult./Trollius sp. cult.cultivated globe-flowersliveleaf (summer)
caterpillar caterpillar spins live, spun-together shoot (young) [Trollius sp. cult.] cultivated globe-flowers Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothcaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Trollius sp. cult./Trollius sp. cult.cultivated globe-flowerslive, spun-togethershoot (young) (spring)

Interactions where Polychrysia moneta 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
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe nemea/Phryxe nemeaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Polychrysia moneta/Polychrysia monetagolden plusia, delphinium mothlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Polychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Polychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth)
TribePlusiini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyPLUSIINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
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 Polychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth)

Polychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polychrysia moneta (Golden Plusia, Delphinium Moth):

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