Vicia sepium L.
(Bush Vetch)

Interactions where Vicia sepium 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').

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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
is foodplant of larva Major Sitona ambiguus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona ambiguus/Sitona ambiguusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Sitona suturalis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona suturalis/Sitona suturalisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Eutrichapion vorax a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion vorax/Eutrichapion voraxa seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchMajor larva feeds on
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe pisi var pisi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe pisi var. pisi/Erysiphe pisi var. pisia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetch parasitises
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust 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/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchlive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust 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/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchlive telium parasitises live
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Restricted Agromyza felleri a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza felleri/Agromyza felleria leaf-mining flysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchleafSole solitary larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is galled by Megoura viciae an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Megoura viciae/Megoura viciaean aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust 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/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae Broad Bean Rust 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/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabaebroad bean rustmostly hypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchliveleaf mostly hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (mined) mined leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Agromyza viciae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Agromyza viciae Kaltenbach, 1872 new for the British Isles and Norway with the first description of the male and a literature review, Gibbs, D. & Tschirnhaus, M. von, 2005
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza viciae/Agromyza viciaea leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchminedleaf larva mines mined leaf
leaflet (yellowed) yellowed leaflet is parasitised by hypophyllous sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Peronospora viciae s. lat. Pea Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae s. lat./Peronospora viciae s. lat.pea downy mildewhypophylloussporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchyellowedleafletMajor hypophyllous sporangium parasitises yellowed leaflet
pod (on unripe seeds) pod (on unripe seeds) may contain larva Major Oxystoma pomonae a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma pomonae/Oxystoma pomonaea seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchpod (on unripe seeds)Major larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds)
pod pod may contain larva Major Eutrichapion punctiger a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion punctiger/Eutrichapion punctigera seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchpodMajor larva feeds within pod
stem stem is galled by larva Major Holotrichapion aethiops a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion aethiops/Holotrichapion aethiopsa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchstemMajor larva causes gall of stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Peronospora viciae s. lat. Pea Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae s. lat./Peronospora viciae s. lat.pea downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/Vicia sepiumbush vetchlivestemMajor sporangium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Gibbs, D. & Tschirnhaus, M. von, 2005Agromyza viciae Kaltenbach, 1872 new for the British Isles and Norway with the first description of the male and a literature reviewStudia Dipterologica Vol 12 (2): 429-441.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVicia sepium (Bush Vetch)
GenusVicia (vetches)
SubfamilyFABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch)

Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch):

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