Nymphula nitidulata (Hufnagel, 1767)
(Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark)

Interactions where Nymphula nitidulata 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
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf UK/Ireland Sparganium bur-reeds Poales: Typhaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Nymphula nitidulata/Nymphula nitidulatabeautiful china mark, beautiful china-markcaterpillar Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsliveleaf (autumn, spring)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes in mobile case on live, underwater leaf UK/Ireland Sparganium bur-reeds Poales: Typhaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Nymphula nitidulata/Nymphula nitidulatabeautiful china mark, beautiful china-markcaterpillar Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedslive, underwaterleaf (autumn, spring)
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf NYMPHAEACEAE water lilies Nymphaeales A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Nymphula nitidulata/Nymphula nitidulatabeautiful china mark, beautiful china-markcaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveleaf (autumn, spring)

Author & YearTitleSource
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark)
GenusNymphula (a genus of pyralid moths)
SubfamilyACENTROPINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyCRAMBIDAE (crambid moths)
SuperfamilyPYRALOIDEA (grass and meal moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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 Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark)

Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nymphula nitidulata (Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark):

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