Artemisia L.
(mugworts)

Interactions where Artemisia 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
may have adult Foreign Chrysolina marginata a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina marginata/Chrysolina marginataa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts (early 8-mid 11,4-)adult may be found on
may have adult Cryptocephalus bilineatus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bilineatus/Cryptocephalus bilineatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts (5-)6-9)adult may be found on
may have adult Cryptocephalus fulvus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts (5-10)adult may be found on
is foodplant of larva Olibrus aeneus a smut beetle Coleoptera: Phalacridae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Phalacridae/Olibrus aeneus/Olibrus aeneusa smut beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Mordellistena parvula a tumbling flower beetle Coleoptera: Mordellidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Mordellidae/Mordellistena parvula/Mordellistena parvulaa tumbling flower beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts larva feeds on
has sap sucked by adult [Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.] a group of plantbugs Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L./Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.a group of plantbugsadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts (late 6-7, late 8-10)adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph [Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.] a group of plantbugs Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L./Plagiognathus albipennis sensu S. & L.a group of plantbugsnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts nymph sucks sap of
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Foreign Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/Chrysolina graministansy beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Foreign Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/Chrysolina graministansy beetleadult Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus succineus Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus succineus/Longitarsus succineuschrysanthemum flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus succineus Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus succineus/Longitarsus succineuschrysanthemum flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Liriomyza strigata a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza strigata/Liriomyza strigataa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Trypeta artemisiae Mugwort Leaf-miner Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta artemisiae/Trypeta artemisiaemugwort leaf-minerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Trypeta zoe Hemp Agrimony Leafminer Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/Trypeta zoehemp agrimony leafminerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Puccinia tanaceti Chrysanthemum Rust, Tansy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tanaceti/Puccinia tanacetichrysanthemum rust, tansy rustmostly hypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortsliveleaf (7-9)mostly hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Major Orobanche picridis Oxtongue Broomrape Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche picridis/Orobanche picridisoxtongue broomrapeundergroundtuber Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/ArtemisiamugwortsrootMajor underground tuber parasitises root
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium Minor Lophiostoma semiliberum an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lophiostomataceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lophiostomataceae/Lophiostoma semiliberum/Lophiostoma semiliberuman ascomycetemostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to freepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/ArtemisiamugwortsdeadstemMinor (12-4)mostly immersed, becoming partly erumpent to free pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia tanaceti Chrysanthemum Rust, Tansy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia tanaceti/Puccinia tanacetichrysanthemum rust, tansy rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugwortslivestem (7-9)hypophyllous telium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Artemisia (mugworts) 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
Species 3 trophisms
Species 12 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 39 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusArtemisia (mugworts)
TribeAnthemideae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Artemisia (mugworts)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ryves, T.B. 1984 Artemisia L. species in the British Isles Watsonia Vol 15: 109-112.

Artemisia (mugworts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon Artemisia Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Artemisia (mugworts):

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