Campyloneura virgula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)
(a plantbug)

Interactions where Campyloneura virgula 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 adult is predator of Tetranychus urticae Twospotted Spider Mite, Red Spider Mite Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Tetranychus urticae/Tetranychus urticaetwospotted spider mite, red spider mite (7-10)
adult adult feeds on animal debris honeydew APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphidshoneydew (7-10)
adult adult is predator of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids (7-10)
adult adult is predator of larva PSOCOPTERA booklice and barklice or barkflies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Psocoptera/Psocopterabooklice and barklice or barkflieslarva (7-10)
adult adult is predator of egg PSOCOPTERA booklice and barklice or barkflies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Psocoptera/Psocopterabooklice and barklice or barkfliesegg (7-10)
adult adult is associated with Major Corylus avellana Hazel Fagales: Betulaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/Corylus avellanahazelMajor (7-10)
adult adult is associated with Major [Quercus (native spp)] native oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus (native spp)/Quercus (native spp)native oaksMajor (7-10)
adult adult is associated with Major Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthornMajor (7-10)
adult adult is associated with [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Campyloneura virgula/Campyloneura virgulaa plantbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous trees (7-10)

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Campyloneura virgula (a plantbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Campyloneura virgula (a plantbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCampyloneura virgula (a plantbug)
TribeDicyphini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
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 Campyloneura virgula (a plantbug)

Campyloneura virgula (a plantbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Campyloneura virgula (a plantbug):

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