[Microlepidoptera]
(micro-moths)

Interactions where [Microlepidoptera] 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').

Filters:

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
larva is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Ancistrocerus oviventris a potter wasp or mason wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Ancistrocerus oviventris/Ancistrocerus oviventrisa potter wasp or mason waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Microlepidoptera/Microlepidopteramicro-mothslarva female stocks nest with larva
pupa is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Itoplectis alternans a pimpline ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Itoplectis alternans/Itoplectis alternansa pimpline ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Microlepidoptera/Microlepidopteramicro-mothspupa larva is endoparasitoid of pupa

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoidsBritish Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.

[Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

[Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Exoporia
swift moths
Infraorder 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Apoditrysia
butterflies and most moths
Clade 391 subtaxa 849 trophisms 260 references
ALUCITOIDEA
many-plume moths
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
CHOREUTIDAE
twitcher micro-moths
Family 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
CHOREUTINAE
twitcher moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
PYRALOIDEA
grass and meal moths
Superfamily 28 subtaxa 49 trophisms 17 references
PTEROPHOROIDEA
plume moths
Superfamily 5 subtaxa 7 trophisms 5 references
TORTRICOIDEA
cochylid and tortrix moths
Superfamily 59 subtaxa 115 trophisms 23 references
GELECHIOIDEA
a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths
Superfamily 35 subtaxa 56 trophisms 38 references
GRACILLARIOIDEA
a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths
Superfamily 9 subtaxa 43 trophisms 20 references
TINEOIDEA
bagworm and tineid micro-moths
Superfamily 10 subtaxa 10 trophisms 9 references
[Nemapogon cloacella / Schiffermuelleria similella]
a pair of micromoths
Informal 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
YPONOMEUTOIDEA
small ermine, bent-wing, ermel and smudge micro-moths
Superfamily 17 subtaxa 37 trophisms 20 references
ZEUGLOPTERA
jawed micro-moths
Suborder 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Microlepidoptera] (micro-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)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Berkshire Moth Group 2013 Common Micro-moths of Berkshire 143pp
Corley, M. The Families of British Microlepidoptera
Ellis, W.N. Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi bladmineerders.nl
Lewis, C. British Lepidoptera britishlepidoptera.weebly.com/
Pendleton, T. & D. Photo gallery: Moths - micro lepidoptera www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/photogallerythumbsmoths.htm
Silvonen, K. Microlepidoptera of Finland - an Overview www.kolumbus.fi/silvonen/micro/index.htm
() Sterling, P., Parsons, M. & Lewington, R. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland 416pp, British Wildlife Publishing
Suffolk Moth Group British Micro-Lepidoptera

Fieldcraft

() Emmet, A.M. (Ed.) 1988 *** A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera ***(Superseded) 2nd, revised & enlarged edition, 288pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Ford, L.T. 1949 *** A Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera ***(Superseded) 230pp, The South London Entomological and Natural History Society
Langmaid, J.R., Palmer, S.M. & Young, M.R. 2018 A field guide to the smaller moths of Great Britain and Ireland 389pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society

Leaf-miners

Anon Lep Mines Crib Sheet
György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest
Robbins, R. 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Plant Galls

() Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press

[Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. UK Micromoths discussion group
Leafmines Newsletter
Davis, T. 2012 A Review of the Status of Microlepidoptera in Britain Butterfly Conservation Report, No. S12-02, 34pp, Butterfly Conservation
Manning, D. An Introduction to the Smaller Moths (Microlepidoptera) www.vc30moths.org.uk/microintro.htm

Journals/Leaf-miners

British Leafminers

Leaf-miners

Anon. UK Leafminers discussion group

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [Microlepidoptera] (micro-moths):

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