Cerastium L.
(mouse-ears)

Interactions where Cerastium 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').

Filters:

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
is foodplant of UK/IrelandQuestionable Gronops lunatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Gronops lunatus/Gronops lunatusa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium/Cerastiummouse-ears? feeds on
flower flower is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera arator a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera arator/Hypera aratora weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium/Cerastiummouse-earsflower larva grazes on flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera arator a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera arator/Hypera aratora weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium/Cerastiummouse-earsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by larva Restricted Dasineura cerastii a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura cerastii/Dasineura cerastiia gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium/Cerastiummouse-earsleaves (terminal)Sole larva causes gall of leaves (terminal)
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by larva Dasineura lotharingiae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura lotharingiae/Dasineura lotharingiaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium/Cerastiummouse-earsleaves (terminal) larva causes gall of leaves (terminal)
leaves (terminal) leaves (terminal) is galled by Brachycolus cerastii an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycolus cerastii/Brachycolus cerastiian aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium/Cerastiummouse-earsleaves (terminal) causes gall of leaves (terminal)

Author & YearTitleSource
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Cerastium (mouse-ears) 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
Cerastium alpinum
Alpine Mouse-ear
Species 2 trophisms
Cerastium arcticum
Arctic Mouse-ear
Species 3 trophisms
Cerastium arvense
Field Mouse-ear
Species 9 trophisms
Cerastium brachypetalum
Grey Mouse-ear
Species 1 trophisms
Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear
Species 3 subtaxa 29 trophisms
Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear
Species 8 trophisms
Cerastium nigrescens
Shetland Mouse-ear
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Cerastium pumilum
Dwarf Mouse-ear
Species 1 trophisms
Cerastium semidecandrum
Little Mouse-ear
Species 3 trophisms
Cerastium tomentosum
Snow-in-summer
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCerastium (mouse-ears)
FamilyCARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
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 Cerastium (mouse-ears)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Cerastium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Cerastium (mouse-ears) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cerastium (mouse-ears):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 67 images of Cerastium (mouse-ears)
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