Delia cardui (Meigen, 1826)
(Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner)

Interactions where Delia cardui 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 mines live leaf Dianthus pinks Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia cardui/Delia carduicarnation fly, carnation leaf minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus/Dianthuspinksliveleaf (9-)
larva larva mines live stem Dianthus pinks Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia cardui/Delia carduicarnation fly, carnation leaf minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus/Dianthuspinkslivestem (9-)
larva larva mines live leaf Dianthus barbatus Sweet William, Sweet-William Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia cardui/Delia carduicarnation fly, carnation leaf minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/Dianthus barbatussweet William, sweet-Williamliveleaf (9-)
larva larva mines live stem Dianthus barbatus Sweet William, Sweet-William Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia cardui/Delia carduicarnation fly, carnation leaf minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus barbatus/Dianthus barbatussweet William, sweet-Williamlivestem (9-)
larva larva mines live leaf Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids Carnation Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia cardui/Delia carduicarnation fly, carnation leaf minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybridscarnationliveleaf (9-)
larva larva mines live stem Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids Carnation Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia cardui/Delia carduicarnation fly, carnation leaf minerlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybridscarnationlivestem (9-)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Delia cardui (Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Delia cardui (Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDelia cardui (Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner)
GenusDelia (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
FamilyANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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 Delia cardui (Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner)

Delia cardui (Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Delia cardui (Carnation Fly, Carnation Leaf Miner):

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