Anomoia purmunda (Harris, [1780])
(Spectacled Berry Fly)

Interactions where Anomoia purmunda 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
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Berberis barberries Ranunculales: Berberidaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Berberidaceae/Berberis/Berberisbarberriesfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Hippophaë rhamnoidesQuestionable Sea Buckthorn, Sea-buckthorn Rosales: Elaeagnaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Hippophaë rhamnoides/Hippophaë rhamnoidessea buckthorn, sea-buckthorn?fruit
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Cotoneaster cotoneasters Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cotoneaster/Cotoneastercotoneastersfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus laevigata/Crataegus laevigataMidland hawthornfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/IrelandMajor Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthornfruitMajor
larva larva feeds within fruit UK/Ireland Pyracantha firethorns Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha/Pyracanthafirethornsfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Sorbus aucupariaQuestionable Rowan, Mountain Ash Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Anomoia purmunda/Anomoia purmundaspectacled berry flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/Sorbus aucupariarowan, mountain ash?fruit

Author & YearTitleSource
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

Anomoia purmunda (Spectacled Berry Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anomoia purmunda (Spectacled Berry Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnomoia purmunda (Spectacled Berry Fly)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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 Anomoia purmunda (Spectacled Berry Fly)

Anomoia purmunda (Spectacled Berry Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anomoia purmunda (Spectacled Berry Fly):

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