Thrips urticae Fabricius, 1781
(a thrips)

Interactions where Thrips urticae 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
female female feeds on live flower UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips urticae/Thrips urticaea thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettleliveflower (5-10)
larva larva feeds on live flower UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips urticae/Thrips urticaea thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettleliveflower (5,9)
male male feeds on live flower UK/Ireland Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips urticae/Thrips urticaea thripsmale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettleliveflower (8)

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Thrips urticae (a thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thrips urticae (a thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThrips urticae (a thrips)
GenusThrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
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 Thrips urticae (a thrips)

Thrips urticae (a thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thrips urticae (a thrips):

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