Sphenella marginata (Fallen, 1814)
(Ragwort Fly)

Interactions where Sphenella marginata 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 feeds within capitulum			Jacobaea aquatica	Marsh Ragwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Jacobaea aquatica/	Jacobaea aquatica	marsh ragwort			capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Jacobaea erucifolia	Hoary Ragwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Jacobaea erucifolia/	Jacobaea erucifolia	hoary ragwort			capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Jacobaea paludosa	Fen Ragwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Jacobaea paludosa/	Jacobaea paludosa	fen ragwort	?		capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Jacobaea vulgaris	Common Ragwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Jacobaea vulgaris/	Jacobaea vulgaris	common ragwort			capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Senecio squalidus	Oxford Ragwort	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio squalidus/	Senecio squalidus	Oxford ragwort	?		capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Senecio sylvaticus	Heath Groundsel	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio sylvaticus/	Senecio sylvaticus	heath groundsel			capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Senecio viscosus	Sticky Groundsel	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio viscosus/	Senecio viscosus	sticky groundsel			capitulum
larva		larva feeds within capitulum			Senecio vulgaris	Groundsel	Asterales: Asteraceae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/	Sphenella marginata	ragwort fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/	Senecio vulgaris	groundsel			capitulum

Author & Year	Title	Source
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Sphenella marginata (Ragwort Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Sphenella marginata (Ragwort Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sphenella marginata (Ragwort Fly)
Family	TEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
Superfamily	TEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sphenella marginata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphenella marginata (Ragwort Fly)

Sphenella marginata (Ragwort Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TEPHRITIDAE
(gall-flies, greater fruit flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sphenella marginata (Ragwort Fly):

TEPHRITIDAE
(gall-flies, greater fruit flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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