Urtica L.
(nettles)

Interactions where Urtica 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 larva Brachypterus glaber a pollen or sap beetle Coleoptera: Kateretidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Kateretidae/Brachypterus glaber/Brachypterus glabera pollen or sap beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettles larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Brachypterus urticae Nettle Pollen Beetle Coleoptera: Kateretidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Kateretidae/Brachypterus urticae/Brachypterus urticaenettle pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettles larva feeds on
is foodplant of Major Phyllobius viridicollis Green Nettle Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Phyllobius viridicollis/Phyllobius viridicollisgreen nettle weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/UrticanettlesMajor feeds on
is foodplant of pycnidium of Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Coniothyrium conoideum a coelomycete Pleosporales: Coniothyriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Coniothyriaceae/Coniothyrium conoideum/Coniothyrium conoideuma coelomycetepycnidiumConothyrium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettles pycnidium of Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
is associate of apothecium Major Cheilymenia vitellina a discomycete Pezizales: Pyronemataceae Profiles of Fungi No. 66: Cheilymenia vitellina (Pers.: Fr. ) Dennis., Yao, Y.-J. & Laessoe, T., 1994
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pyronemataceae/Cheilymenia vitellina/Cheilymenia vitellinaa discomyceteapothecium Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/UrticanettlesMajor apothecium is associated with
(dead) dead is decayed by colony of Fusariella dematiaceous anamorph UK/Ireland Fusariella hughesii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Fusariella hughesii/Fusariella hughesiia dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyFusariella dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesdead (4-6)colony of Fusariella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Questionable Puccinia iridis Iris Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia iridis/Puccinia iridisiris rustaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettles?live aecium parasitises live
fruit (ripening) ripening fruit has sap sucked by nymph UK/Ireland Eysarcoris venustissimus Woundwort Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild, Hawkins, R.D., 1985
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eysarcoris venustissimus/Eysarcoris venustissimuswoundwort shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesripeningfruit (8+)nymph sucks sap of ripening fruit
growing tip growing tip has sap sucked by dark green, densely clustered colony Aphis urticata an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) urticata/Aphis (Aphis) urticataan aphiddark green, densely clusteredcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesgrowing tip (5-6)dark green, densely clustered colony sucks sap of growing tip
leaf (blade) leaf (blade) is galled by larva Dasineura urticae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura urticae/Dasineura urticaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf (blade) larva causes gall of leaf (blade)
leaf (blade) leaf (blade) is galled by yellowish, scattered, hypophyllous Aphis urticata an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphis (Aphis) urticata/Aphis (Aphis) urticataan aphidyellowish, scattered, hypophyllous Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf (blade) (7 onwards)yellowish, scattered, hypophyllous causes gall of leaf (blade)
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) is galled by larva Dasineura urticae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura urticae/Dasineura urticaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf (petiole) larva causes gall of leaf (petiole)
leaf (petiole) leaf (petiole) is mined by larva Foreign Philophylla caesio Banded Nettle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae 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) larva mines leaf (petiole)
leaf margin leaf margin is galled by larva Dasineura dioicae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura dioicae/Dasineura dioicaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf margin larva causes gall of leaf margin
leaf leaf is galled by Trioza urticae a jumping plantlouse Hemiptera: Triozidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Triozidae/Trioza urticae/Trioza urticaea jumping plantlouse Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesleaf causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by caterpillar Arctia caja Garden Tiger Lepidoptera: Erebidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Arctia caja/Arctia cajagarden tigercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesliveleaf (5-6,8-10)caterpillar grazes on live leaf
root root may be infected and damaged by Rhizoctonia anamorph Helicobasidium purpureum Violet Root Rot - causative organism Helicobasidiales: Helicobasidiaceae Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/Helicobasidium purpureumviolet root rot (causative organism)Rhizoctonia anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesroot Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root
stem (base) (dead) dead stem (base) is decayed by basidiome Calyptella capula Bowl Hoodie Agaricales: Marasmiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae/Calyptella capula/Calyptella capulabowl hoodiebasidiome Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesdeadstem (base) basidiome is saprobic on dead stem (base)
stem stem is galled by larva Taeniapion urticarium a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Taeniapion urticarium/Taeniapion urticariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesstem larva causes gall of stem
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by basidiome Calyptella campanula Bell Hoodie Agaricales: Marasmiaceae 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/Marasmiaceae/Calyptella campanula/Calyptella campanulabell hoodiebasidiome Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesdead, decayedstem basidiome is saprobic on dead, decayed 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/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica/Urticanettlesdead, decayedstem fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fox, R.T.V., 2006Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of AsparagusMycologist Vol 19 (1): 46-47.
Hawkins, R.D., 1985Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wildHet News No 6: 3.
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
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Rotheray, G.E., 1989Aphid PredatorsNaturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
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
Yao, Y.-J. & Laessoe, T., 1994Profiles of Fungi No. 66: Cheilymenia vitellina (Pers.: Fr. ) Dennis.Mycologist Vol 08 (4): 160-161.

Urtica (nettles) 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
Urtica dioica
Common Nettle
Species 1 subtaxa 154 trophisms 7 references
Urtica pilulifera
Roman Nettle
Species 1 trophisms
Urtica urens
Small Nettle
Species 24 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusUrtica (nettles)
FamilyURTICACEAE (nettles)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
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 Urtica (nettles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Plant Pathology

Davis, B.N.K. 1991 Insects on Nettles Naturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Urtica (nettles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Urtica (nettles):

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