YPONOMEUTIDAE
(small ermine moths)

Interactions where YPONOMEUTIDAE 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').

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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 endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Eurysthaea scutellaris a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eurysthaea scutellaris/Eurysthaea scutellarisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Yponomeutidae/Yponomeutidaesmall ermine mothslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
(gregarious) gregarious larva is predated by larva Xanthandrus comtus a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Xanthandrus comtus/Xanthandrus comtusa hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Yponomeutidae/Yponomeutidaesmall ermine mothsgregariouslarva larva is predator of gregarious larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

YPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

YPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine 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
Scythropia crataegella
Hawthorn Moth, Hawthorn Webber Moth
Species 3 trophisms
YPONOMEUTINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 7 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyYPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths)
SuperfamilyYPONOMEUTOIDEA (small ermine, bent-wing, ermel and smudge micro-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 YPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1996 Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae (vol 3) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 3, 452pp, Harley Books

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Dickerson, B. 2007 The identification of leaf-mining Lepidoptera http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Mine_Guide.htm
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

YPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to YPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 73 images of YPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths)
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