Elophila nymphaeata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Brown China-mark)

Interactions where Elophila nymphaeata 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
caterpillar (later) caterpillar (later) grazes in mobile case on live leaf UK/Ireland POTAMOGETONACEAE pondweeds Alismatales A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Elophila nymphaeata/Elophila nymphaeatabrown china-markcaterpillar (later) Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogetonaceaepondweedsliveleaf (summer+)
caterpillar (young) caterpillar (young) mines live leaf UK/Ireland POTAMOGETONACEAE pondweeds Alismatales A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Elophila nymphaeata/Elophila nymphaeatabrown china-markcaterpillar (young) Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogetonaceaepondweedsliveleaf (summer+)
caterpillar (later) caterpillar (later) grazes in mobile case on live leaf UK/Ireland Nuphar lesser water lilies Nymphaeales: Nymphaeaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Elophila nymphaeata/Elophila nymphaeatabrown china-markcaterpillar (later) Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar/Nupharlesser water liliesliveleaf (summer+)
caterpillar (young) caterpillar (young) mines live leaf UK/Ireland Nuphar lesser water lilies Nymphaeales: Nymphaeaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Elophila nymphaeata/Elophila nymphaeatabrown china-markcaterpillar (young) Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar/Nupharlesser water liliesliveleaf (summer+)

Author & YearTitleSource
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark)
GenusElophila (a genus of moths)
SubfamilyACENTROPINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyCRAMBIDAE (crambid moths)
SuperfamilyPYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most 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 Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark)

Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Elophila nymphaeata (Brown China-mark)
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