Glypta nigrotrochanterator Strobl, 1902
(Knapweed Glypta)

Interactions where Glypta nigrotrochanterator 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 is parasitoid of larva UK/Ireland Eucosma hohenwartiana Bright Bell Lepidoptera: Tortricidae The natural control of population balance in the Knapweed Gall-fly (Urophora jaceana), Varley, G.C., 1947
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Glypta nigrotrochanterator/Glypta nigrotrochanteratorknapweed Glyptalarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Eucosma hohenwartiana/Eucosma hohenwartianabright belllarva
female female is associated with capitulum UK/Ireland Centaurea debeauxii ssp nemoralis a subspecies of flowering plant Asterales: Asteraceae The natural control of population balance in the Knapweed Gall-fly (Urophora jaceana), Varley, G.C., 1947
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Glypta nigrotrochanterator/Glypta nigrotrochanteratorknapweed Glyptafemale Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea debeauxii subsp. nemoralis/Centaurea debeauxii subsp. nemoralisa subspecies of flowering plantcapitulum

Author & YearTitleSource
Varley, G.C., 1947The natural control of population balance in the Knapweed Gall-fly (Urophora jaceana)Journal of Animal Ecology Vol 16 (2): 139-187.

Glypta nigrotrochanterator (Knapweed Glypta) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Glypta nigrotrochanterator (Knapweed Glypta) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGlypta nigrotrochanterator (Knapweed Glypta)
GenusGlypta (a genus of banchine ichneumon wasps)
TribeGlyptini (a tribe of banchine ichneumons)
SubfamilyBANCHINAE (banchine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Glypta nigrotrochanterator (Knapweed Glypta)

Glypta nigrotrochanterator (Knapweed Glypta) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Glypta nigrotrochanterator (Knapweed Glypta):

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