Spergularia (Pers.) J. Presl & C. Presl
(spurreys)

Interactions where Spergularia 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').

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
		is foodplant of			Gronops lunatus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gronops lunatus/	Gronops lunatus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys								feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Sibinia arenariae	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sibinia arenariae/	Sibinia arenariae	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Sibinia primita	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sibinia primita/	Sibinia primita	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys								larva feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			Syromastus rhombeus	Rhombic Leatherbug	Hemiptera: Coreidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Syromastus rhombeus/	Syromastus rhombeus	rhombic leatherbug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Syromastus rhombeus	Rhombic Leatherbug	Hemiptera: Coreidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Syromastus rhombeus/	Syromastus rhombeus	rhombic leatherbug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys								nymph sucks sap of
		bud has sap sucked by			Rhopalus parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug	Hemiptera: Rhopalidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/	Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys				bud				sucks sap of bud
		seed has sap sucked by			Rhopalus parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug	Hemiptera: Rhopalidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus/	Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus	a rhopalid bug					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys				seed				sucks sap of seed
flower		flower is grazed by larva			Hypera arator	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) arator/	Hypera (Hypera) arator	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys			flower					larva grazes on flower
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Cassida vittata	Bordered Tortoise Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida vittata/	Cassida vittata	bordered tortoise beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys			leaf		Sole			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by imago			Cassida vittata	Bordered Tortoise Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida vittata/	Cassida vittata	bordered tortoise beetle				imago	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys			leaf					imago grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera arator	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) arator/	Hypera (Hypera) arator	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia/	Spergularia	spurreys			leaf					larva grazes on leaf

Spergularia (spurreys) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Spergularia marina Lesser Sea-spurrey				Species		7 trophisms
Spergularia media Greater Sea-spurrey				Species		6 trophisms
Spergularia rubra Sand Spurrey				Species		5 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Spergularia (spurreys)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Spergularia is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Spergularia (spurreys)

Spergularia (spurreys) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Spergularia (spurreys):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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