Philophylla caesio (Harris, [1780])
(Banded Nettle Fly)

Interactions where Philophylla caesio 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
is associated with UK/Ireland Silene dioicaQuestionable Red Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Philophylla caesio/Philophylla caesiobanded nettle fly Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene dioica/Silene dioicared campion?
larva larva mines leaf (petiole) Foreign Urtica nettles Rosales: Urticaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Philophylla caesio/Philophylla caesiobanded nettle flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf (petiole)

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Philophylla caesio (Banded Nettle Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Philophylla caesio (Banded Nettle Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhilophylla caesio (Banded Nettle Fly)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Philophylla caesio (Banded Nettle Fly)

Philophylla caesio (Banded Nettle Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Philophylla caesio (Banded Nettle Fly):

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