Senecio jacobaea L.
(Common Ragwort)

Interactions where Senecio jacobaea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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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
flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Conops a genus of bee- and waspgrabbers Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Conops/Conopsa genus of bee- and waspgrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortflower adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
capitulum is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Physocephala rufipes a thick-headed fly Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Physocephala rufipes/Physocephala rufipesa thick-headed flyadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulum adult visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum
has sap sucked by nymph Plagiognathus chrysanthemi a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemia plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwort (late 5-late 6)nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Plagiognathus chrysanthemi a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemia plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwort (late 6-9(10)adult sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Podosphaera fusca a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fusca/Podosphaera fuscaa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera xanthii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera xanthii/Podosphaera xanthiia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by subepidermal telium Coleosporium tussilaginis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Coleosporium tussilaginis/Coleosporium tussilaginisa rust fungussubepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive subepidermal telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Coleosporium tussilaginis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Coleosporium tussilaginis/Coleosporium tussilaginisa rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia dioicae var schoeleriana a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia dioicae var. schoeleriana/Puccinia dioicae var. schoelerianaa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia dioicae var schoeleriana a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia dioicae var. schoeleriana/Puccinia dioicae var. schoelerianaa rust fungusaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive aecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia glomerata a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia glomerata/Puccinia glomerataa rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia lagenophorae Cineraria Rust, Daisy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia lagenophorae/Puccinia lagenophoraecineraria rust, daisy rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlive telium parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva ForeignQuestionable Ensina sonchi Sow-thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Ensina sonchi/Ensina sonchisow-thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwort?capitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Merzomyia westermanni Swiss Cheese Tephritid Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Merzomyia westermanni/Merzomyia westermanniSwiss cheese tephritidlarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum is swollen by larva Foreign Noeeta pupillata Eyed Hawkweed Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Noeeta pupillata/Noeeta pupillataeyed hawkweed flylarva Foodplant / false gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulum larva causes swelling of capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Sphenella marginata Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/Sphenella marginataragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Trupanea stellata Star-winged Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea stellata/Trupanea stellatastar-winged ragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulumMajor larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum is visited for nectar and/or pollen by imago Major Drymeia hamata a muscid fly Diptera: Muscidae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Drymeia hamata/Drymeia hamataa muscid flyimago Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulumMajor imago visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Haplothrips senecionis a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips senecionis/Haplothrips senecionisa thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveflower (5-8)adult feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Haplothrips senecionis a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips senecionis/Haplothrips senecionisa thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveflower (5-10)larva feeds on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus gracilis a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus gracilis/Longitarsus gracilisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus gracilis a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus gracilis/Longitarsus gracilisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Longitarsus jacobaeae a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus jacobaeae/Longitarsus jacobaeaea flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus jacobaeae a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus jacobaeae/Longitarsus jacobaeaea flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza erucifolii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza erucifolii/Liriomyza erucifoliia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza alpina a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza alpina/Phytomyza alpinaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may have puparium Restricted Phytomyza alpina a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza alpina/Phytomyza alpinaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleafSole puparium may be found on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Trypeta zoe Hemp Agrimony Leafminer Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/Trypeta zoehemp agrimony leafminerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Bremia lactucae Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae/Bremia lactucaelettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleafRare sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia filaris var carniolica (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia filaris var. carniolica/Ramularia filaris var. carniolica(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia filaris var filaris an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia filaris var. filaris/Ramularia filaris var. filarisan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia filaris var filaris an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia filaris var. filaris/Ramularia filaris var. filarisan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by numerous, epiphyllous, immersed, pale brown, perforating pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria senecionis-silvaticae a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria senecionis-silvaticae/Septoria senecionis-silvaticaea leaf-spot fungusnumerous, epiphyllous, immersed, pale brown, perforatingpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleaf (7-10)numerous, epiphyllous, immersed, pale brown, perforating pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by velvety colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria dennisii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dennisii/Alternaria dennisiia dematiaceous anamorphic fungusvelvetycolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleaf (9)velvety colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by cluster-cup of aecium Puccinia lagenophorae Cineraria Rust, Daisy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia lagenophorae/Puccinia lagenophoraecineraria rust, daisy rustcluster-cupaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortliveleaf cluster-cup of aecium parasitises live leaf
root root is foodplant of larva Cheilosia bergenstammi a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Cheilosia bergenstammi/Cheilosia bergenstammia hoverflylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortroot larva feeds on root
stem mine stem mine may house puparium Ophiomyia senecionina a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia senecionina/Ophiomyia senecioninaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem mine puparium may be found in stem mine
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza aeneoventris a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza aeneoventris/Melanagromyza aeneoventrisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza aeneoventris a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza aeneoventris/Melanagromyza aeneoventrisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem puparium may be found in stem
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza dettmeri a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza dettmeri/Melanagromyza dettmeria leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza dettmeri a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza dettmeri/Melanagromyza dettmeria leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem puparium may be found in stem
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza eupatorii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza eupatorii/Melanagromyza eupatoriia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza eupatorii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Melanagromyza eupatorii/Melanagromyza eupatoriia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem puparium may be found in stem
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia senecionina a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia senecionina/Ophiomyia senecioninaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem larva mines stem
stem stem is foodplant of larva Cheilosia bergenstammi a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Cheilosia bergenstammi/Cheilosia bergenstammia hoverflylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortstem larva feeds on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Leptosphaeria ogilviensis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria ogilviensis/Leptosphaeria ogilviensisan ascomycetepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortdeadstem pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Kalmusia clivensis an ascomycete Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Kalmusia clivensis/Kalmusia clivensisan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortdeadstem (5-6)immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria derasa a fungus Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Nodulosphaeria derasa/Nodulosphaeria derasaa fungusimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortdeadstem immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis achilleae var senecionis a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis achilleae var. senecionis/Phomopsis achilleae var. senecionisa coelomyceteloosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projectingpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortdeadstem loosely gregarious, sometimes linearly arranged, covered then projecting pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Stachybotryaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotryaceae/Stachybotrys dichroa/Stachybotrys dichroaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyStachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortdeadstem (4-9)colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by velvety colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria dennisii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria dennisii/Alternaria dennisiia dematiaceous anamorphic fungusvelvetycolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortlivestem (9)velvety colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph parasitises live stem

Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) MuscidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)EMM Vol 103: 83-110.
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest No. 9
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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:
SpeciesSenecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort)
GenusSenecio (ragworts)
TribeSenecioneae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort)

Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Senecio jacobaea (Common Ragwort):

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