Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (DeGeer, 1773)
(a plantbug)

Interactions where Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus 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
adult adult is predator of egg UK/Ireland INSECTA true insects Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insectsegg
nymph nymph is predator of egg UK/Ireland INSECTA true insects Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insectsegg
adult adult is predator of UK/Ireland DIPTERA two-winged flies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Dipteratwo-winged flies
nymph nymph is predator of UK/Ireland DIPTERA two-winged flies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Dipteratwo-winged flies
adult adult is predator of nymph UK/Ireland Orthotylus tenellus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellusa plantbug or grassbugnymph
nymph nymph is predator of nymph UK/Ireland Orthotylus tenellus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellusa plantbug or grassbugnymph
adult adult is predator of nymph UK/Ireland Psallus a genus of plantbugs Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus/Psallusa genus of plantbugsnymph
nymph nymph is predator of nymph UK/Ireland Psallus a genus of plantbugs Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus/Psallusa genus of plantbugsnymph
adult adult is predator of UK/Ireland APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids
nymph nymph is predator of UK/Ireland APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids
adult adult feeds on catkin (unopened) UK/Ireland Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakscatkin (unopened)
adult adult feeds on UK/Ireland Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaks
adult adult is associated with UK/IrelandMajor Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugadult Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoaksMajor
nymph nymph feeds on catkin (unopened) UK/Ireland Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakscatkin (unopened)
nymph nymph feeds on UK/Ireland Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaks
nymph nymph is associated with UK/IrelandMajor Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusa plantbugnymph Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoaksMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (a plantbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (a plantbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (a plantbug)
TribeOrthotylini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyORTHOTYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
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 Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (a plantbug)

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (a plantbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (a plantbug):

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