Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Vapourer)

Interactions where Orgyia antiqua 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 grazes on live leaf ERICACEAE heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens Ericales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Ericaceaeheaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeensliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Rhododendron rhododendrons and azaleas Ericales: Ericaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron/Rhododendronrhododendrons and azaleasliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Buddleja butterfly bushes, buddlejas Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Buddleja/Buddlejabutterfly bushes, buddlejasliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Ceanothus California lilacs Rosales: Rhamnaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacsliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus sylvestris/Malus sylvestriscrab appleliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Prunus (flowering spp) flowering cherries Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus (flowering spp)/Prunus (flowering spp)flowering cherriesliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Pyracantha firethorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha/Pyracanthafirethornsliveleaf (-7/8)
caterpillar caterpillar grazes on live leaf Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourercaterpillar Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarsliveleaf (-7/8)

Interactions where Orgyia antiqua 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
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Compsilura concinnata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Compsilura concinnata/Compsilura concinnataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Carcelia atricosta a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Carcelia atricosta/Carcelia atricostaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Carcelia rasa a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Carcelia rasa/Carcelia rasaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Nilea hortulana a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Nilea hortulana/Nilea hortulanaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pales pavida a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pales pavida/Pales pavidaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapourerlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
egg is parasitoid host of lava UK/Ireland Telenomus dalmanni a scelionid wasp Hymenoptera: Scelionidae /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Scelionidae/Telenomus dalmanni/Telenomus dalmannia scelionid wasplava Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Orgyia antiqua/Orgyia antiquavapoureregg lava is parasitoid of egg

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
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrgyia antiqua (Vapourer)
SubfamilyLYMANTRIINAE (tussocks and vapourers)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-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 Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer)

Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Shaw, M 2014 Personal Communication

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 30 images of Orgyia antiqua (Vapourer)
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