Associations
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Foodplant / sap sucker
Hyperomyzus rhinanthi sucks sap of live Rhinanthus
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / feeds on
apothecial, subepidermal stroma of Leptotrochila lugubris feeds on over-wintered stem of Rhinanthus
Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Phytomyza varipes feeds within seedhead of Rhinanthus
Other: sole host/prey
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Plasmopara densa parasitises live Rhinanthus
Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Sphaerotheca fuliginea parasitises live Rhinanthus
Other: minor host/prey