Legnotus limbosus (Geoffroy, 1785)
(a shieldbug)

Interactions where Legnotus limbosus 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 sucks sap of Galium bedstraws Gentianales: Rubiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium/Galiumbedstraws
nymph nymph sucks sap of Galium bedstraws Gentianales: Rubiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium/Galiumbedstraws
adult adult sucks sap of Major Galium aparine Cleavers, Goosegrass Gentianales: Rubiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Galium aparine Cleavers, Goosegrass Gentianales: Rubiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassMajor
adult adult sucks sap of Major Galium verum Lady’s Bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Galium verum Lady’s Bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawMajor

Interactions where Legnotus limbosus 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').

Filters:

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 endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Phania funesta a shield bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phania funesta/Phania funestaa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbug larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLegnotus limbosus (a shieldbug)
FamilyCYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (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 Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug)

Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug):

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