Psychoda phalaenoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a moth fly)

Interactions where Psychoda phalaenoides 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 (female) adult (female) pollinates or fertilises flower UK/IrelandMajor Arum maculatum Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies, Lords-and-ladies Alismatales: Araceae Lords & Ladies, Prime, C.T., 1960
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psychodidae/Psychoda phalaenoides/Psychoda phalaenoidesa moth flyadult (female) Plant / pollinatedUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Arum maculatum/Arum maculatumcuckoo pint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladiesflowerMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Prime, C.T., 1960Lords & LadiesThe New Naturalist, 241pp, Collins

Psychoda phalaenoides (a moth fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psychoda phalaenoides (a moth fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsychoda phalaenoides (a moth fly)
GenusPsychoda (a genus of moth flies)
FamilyPSYCHODIDAE (owl midges, moth flies)
SuperfamilyPSYCHODOIDEA (owl midges, moth flies)
InfraorderPsychodomorpha (owl midges or moth flies, winter & window gnats, scatopsids)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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 Psychoda phalaenoides (a moth fly)

Psychoda phalaenoides (a moth fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Psychoda phalaenoides (a moth fly):

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