Mentha L.
(mints)

Interactions where Mentha 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
plant may have imago Foreign Chrysolina cerealis Rainbow 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 cerealis/Chrysolina cerealisrainbow leaf beetleimago Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsplant (4-early 10)imago may be found on plant
is foodplant of larva Questionable Napomyza scrophulariae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Napomyza scrophulariae/Napomyza scrophulariaea leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamints? larva feeds on
may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamints infects and damages
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Peronospora lamii a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora lamii/Peronospora lamiia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/MenthamintsliveRare sporangium parasitises live
growth (young) (stunted, distorted, scarred) stunted, distorted, scarred growth (young) may be infected and damaged by Major Aphelenchoides fragariae Leaf Eelworm Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Aphelenchida/Aphelenchoididae/Aphelenchoides fragariae/Aphelenchoides fragariaeleaf eelworm Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsstunted, distorted, scarredgrowth (young)Major infects and damages stunted, distorted, scarred growth (young)
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chrysolina banksii 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 banksii/Chrysolina banksiia leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf (5-6,9-10)imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Chrysolina herbacea Mint 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 herbacea/Chrysolina herbaceamint leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf (3-10)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus ferrugineus Mint Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus ferrugineus/Longitarsus ferrugineusmint flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus ferrugineus Mint Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus ferrugineus/Longitarsus ferrugineusmint flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus lycopi a 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 lycopi/Longitarsus lycopia flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus lycopi a 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 lycopi/Longitarsus lycopia flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Questionable Phytomyza petoei a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza petoei/Phytomyza petoeia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamints?leaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo atra a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo atra/Tenthredo atraa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo thompsoni a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo thompsoni/Tenthredo thompsonia sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (crumpled, distorted) crumpled, distorted leaf may be infected and damaged by Major Aphelenchoides fragariae Leaf Eelworm Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Aphelenchida/Aphelenchoididae/Aphelenchoides fragariae/Aphelenchoides fragariaeleaf eelworm Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintscrumpled, distortedleafMajor infects and damages crumpled, distorted leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina polita Knotgrass 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 polita/Chrysolina politaknotgrass leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsliveleaf (1-)5-7(-12)adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina polita Knotgrass 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 polita/Chrysolina politaknotgrass leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsliveleaf larva grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by caterpillar Pyrausta aurata Mint Moth, Small Purple & Gold Lepidoptera: Crambidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Pyrausta aurata/Pyrausta auratamint moth, small purple & goldcaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsliveleaf caterpillar grazes on live leaf
leaf (stippled chlorotic) stippled chlorotic leaf has sap sucked by Eupteryx decemnotata Ligurian Leafhopper Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Sage and rosemary crops in Southern England hit by leaf hopper, Malumphy, C., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cicadellidae/Eupteryx decemnotata/Eupteryx decemnotataLigurian leafhopper Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsstippled chloroticleaf sucks sap of stippled chlorotic leaf
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by pycnium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Puccinia menthae, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustpycnium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintslive, elongatedshoot pycnium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by aecium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Puccinia menthae, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rustaecium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintslive, elongatedshoot aecium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by uredium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Puccinia menthae, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusturedium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintslive, elongatedshoot uredium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
shoot (live, elongated) live, elongated shoot is swollen by telium Puccinia menthae Mint Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Puccinia menthae, Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964
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 menthae/Puccinia menthaemint rusttelium Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintslive, elongatedshoot telium causes swelling of live, elongated shoot
stem stem is galled by larva Squamapion vicinum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Squamapion vicinum/Squamapion vicinuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsstem larva causes gall of stem
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody Lachnella villosa a cyphelloid fungus Agaricales: Niaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Niaceae/Lachnella villosa/Lachnella villosaa cyphelloid fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha/Menthamintsdead, decayedstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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
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.
Laundon, G.F. & Waterston, J.M., 1964Puccinia menthaeI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 7.
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
Malumphy, C., 2011Sage and rosemary crops in Southern England hit by leaf hopper2.
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Mentha (mints) 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
Mentha aquatica
Water Mint
Species 22 trophisms
Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita
peppermint
Species hybrid 5 trophisms
Mentha arvensis
Corn Mint
Species 10 trophisms
Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata
whorled mint
Species hybrid 3 trophisms
Mentha pulegium
Pennyroyal
Species 2 trophisms
Mentha spicata
Spear Mint
Species 10 trophisms
Mentha suaveolens
Round-leaved Mint
Species 1 trophisms
Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia
false apple-mint
Species hybrid 8 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMentha (mints)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Mentha (mints)

Mentha (mints) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mentha (mints):

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