Bruchus loti (a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchus loti is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive Part	Season
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Cardamine pratensis	Lady’S Smock, Cuckoo Flower, Cuckooflower	Brassicales: Brassicaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cardamine pratensis/	Cardamine pratensis	lady’s smock, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower		pollen?	(1-)summer(-12)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Lathyrus	peas	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus/	Lathyrus	peas	?	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in pod	Lathyrus	peas	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus/	Lathyrus	peas	?	pod
adult	adult may be found on	Lathyrus linifolius	Bitter-vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus linifolius/	Lathyrus linifolius	bitter-vetches			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult may be found on	Lathyrus pratensis	Meadow Vetchling	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus pratensis/	Lathyrus pratensis	meadow vetchling			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult may be found on	Lathyrus tuberosus	Tuberous Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus tuberosus/	Lathyrus tuberosus	tuberous pea			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult may be found on	Lathyrus vernus	Spring Pea	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lathyrus vernus/	Lathyrus vernus	spring pea			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult may be found on	Lens culinaris	Lentil	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lens culinaris/	Lens culinaris	lentil	?		(1-)summer(-12)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Lotus	bird’s-foot-trefoils	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus/	Lotus	bird's-foot-trefoils	?	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in pod	Lotus	bird’s-foot-trefoils	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus/	Lotus	bird's-foot-trefoils	?	pod
adult	adult may be found on	Lotus corniculatus	Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Eggs-and-bacon	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus corniculatus/	Lotus corniculatus	common bird's-foot-trefoil, eggs-and-bacon			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult may be found on	Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches			(1-)summer(-12)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches	?	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in pod	Vicia	vetches	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/	Vicia	vetches	?	pod
adult	adult may be found on	Vicia sylvatica	Wood Vetch	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult may be found on	Vicia tenuifolia	Fine-leaved Vetch	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / resting place / on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia tenuifolia/	Vicia tenuifolia	fine-leaved vetch			(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Ranunculus acris	Meadow Buttercup	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus acris/	Ranunculus acris	meadow buttercup		pollen?	(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn	Rosales: Rosaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/	Crataegus monogyna	hawthorn		pollen?	(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult feeds on pollen?	Sorbus aucuparia	Rowan, Mountain Ash	Rosales: Rosaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus aucuparia/	Sorbus aucuparia	rowan, mountain ash		pollen?	(1-)summer(-12)
adult	adult overwinters under bark	[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / hibernates / under	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees		bark

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Cox, M.L., 2007	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

Species	Bruchus loti (a seed beetle)
Genus	Bruchus (a genus of seed beetles)
Subfamily	BRUCHINAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bruchus loti Paykull, 1800
(a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchus loti is the controlling partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Bruchus loti is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bruchus loti is also a member of:

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

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 parasitoid host of larva			Pteromalus semotus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Pteromalus semotus/	Pteromalus semotus	a chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle								larva is parasitoid of
		larva is endoparasitoid host of larva			Triaspis thoracicus	a braconid wasp	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis thoracicus/	Triaspis thoracicus	a braconid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle				larva				larva is endoparasitoid of larva