Elasmucha ferrugata (Fabricius, 1787)
(a shieldbug)

Interactions where Elasmucha ferrugata 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
adult adult sucks sap of Foreign Hydrangea hydrangeas Cornales: Hydrangeaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Elasmucha ferrugata/Elasmucha ferrugataa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Hydrangeaceae/Hydrangea/Hydrangeahydrangeas
adult adult sucks sap of ForeignMajor Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Elasmucha ferrugata/Elasmucha ferrugataa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium myrtillus/Vaccinium myrtillusbilberryMajor
adult adult sucks sap of Foreign Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Elasmucha ferrugata/Elasmucha ferrugataa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium vitis-idaea/Vaccinium vitis-idaeacowberry
adult adult sucks sap of ForeignMinorCaptivity Ribes alpinum Mountain Currant Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Elasmucha ferrugata/Elasmucha ferrugataa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes alpinum/Ribes alpinummountain currantMinor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
adult adult sucks sap of ForeignMinorCaptivity Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Elasmucha ferrugata/Elasmucha ferrugataa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes uva-crispa/Ribes uva-crispagooseberryMinor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Elasmucha ferrugata (a shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Elasmucha ferrugata (a shieldbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElasmucha ferrugata (a shieldbug)
FamilyACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
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 Elasmucha ferrugata (a shieldbug)

Elasmucha ferrugata (a shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elasmucha ferrugata (a shieldbug):

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