TORTRICIDAE
(tortrix moths)

Interactions where TORTRICIDAE 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
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Eurysthaea scutellaris a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eurysthaea scutellaris/Eurysthaea scutellarisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortricidaetortrix mothslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Lypha dubia a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Lypha dubia/Lypha dubiaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortricidaetortrix mothslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Actia crassicornis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia crassicornis/Actia crassicornisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortricidaetortrix mothslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Actia maksymovi a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia maksymovi/Actia maksymovia parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortricidaetortrix mothslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is parasitoid host of larva UK/IrelandMajor Scambus inanis a pimpline ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Scambus inanis/Scambus inanisa pimpline ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortricidaetortrix mothslarvaMajor larva is parasitoid of larva
(gregarious) gregarious larva is predated by larva Major Xanthandrus comtus a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Xanthandrus comtus/Xanthandrus comtusa hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Tortricidaetortrix mothsgregariouslarvaMajor larva is predator of gregarious larva

TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoidsBritish Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest No. 9
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Epichoristodes acerbella
African Carnation Tortrix
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
OLETHREUTINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 26 subtaxa 36 trophisms 3 references
Petrova resinella
a tortix moth
Species 1 trophisms
TORTRICINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 30 subtaxa 67 trophisms 8 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths)
SuperfamilyTORTRICOIDEA (cochylid and tortrix 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 TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Eurasian Tortricidae ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/tortricidae.php
in the hand () Bradley, J.D., Tremewan, W.G. & Smith, A. 1979 British Tortricoid Moths: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae (Vol 2) 153, 336pp, The Ray Society, London
in the hand () Bradley, J.D., Tremewan, W.G. & Smith, A. 1973 British Tortricoid Moths: Cochylidae and Tortricidae: Tortricinae (Vol 1) 147, 251pp, The Ray Society, London

  • Bird-dropping Mimics

    • Clifton, J. & Wheeler, J. 2015 Bird-dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles: a Field Guide to the Bird-dropping Mimics. Second edition edition, Clifton & Wheeler

  • Larvae/Leaf-miners

    • Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
    Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

  • Microscopy

    • () Pierce, F.N. & Metcalfe, J.W. 1922 The Genitalia of the British Tortricidae 101+34 Platespp, The Northern Publishing Company

    TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to TORTRICIDAE (tortrix moths):

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