Myriophyllum L.
(water milfoils)

Interactions where Myriophyllum 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
is foodplant of ForeignRestricted Bagous collignensis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous collignensis/Bagous collignensisa weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum/Myriophyllumwater milfoilsSole feeds on
is associate of UK/Ireland Bagous longitarsis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous longitarsis/Bagous longitarsisa weevil Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum/Myriophyllumwater milfoils is associated with
is foodplant of larva Eubrychius velutus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Eubrychius velutus/Eubrychius velutusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum/Myriophyllumwater milfoils larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Phytobius leucogaster a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Phytobius leucogaster/Phytobius leucogastera weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum/Myriophyllumwater milfoils larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Pelenomus canaliculatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pelenomus canaliculatus/Pelenomus canaliculatusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Haloragaceae/Myriophyllum/Myriophyllumwater milfoils larva feeds on

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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

Myriophyllum (water milfoils) 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 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMyriophyllum (water milfoils)
FamilyHALORAGACEAE (water-milfoils)
OrderSAXIFRAGALES (saxifrages, stonecrops, peonies, currants and gooseberries)
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 Myriophyllum (water milfoils)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Myriophyllum (water milfoils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Myriophyllum (water milfoils):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 25 images of Myriophyllum (water milfoils)
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