Deporaus betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller)

Interactions where Deporaus betulae 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
larva larva rolls leaf Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Deporaus betulae/Deporaus betulaebirch leaf-roller, birch leaf rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalderleaf
larva larva rolls leaf Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Deporaus betulae/Deporaus betulaebirch leaf-roller, birch leaf rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesleaf
larva larva rolls leaf Minor Carpinus betulus Hornbeam Fagales: Betulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Deporaus betulae/Deporaus betulaebirch leaf-roller, birch leaf rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Carpinus betulus/Carpinus betulushornbeamleafMinor
larva larva rolls leaf Corylus avellana Hazel Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Deporaus betulae/Deporaus betulaebirch leaf-roller, birch leaf rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/Corylus avellanahazelleaf
larva larva rolls leaf Minor Fagus sylvatica Beech Fagales: Fagaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Deporaus betulae/Deporaus betulaebirch leaf-roller, birch leaf rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/Fagus sylvaticabeechleafMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Deporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Deporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDeporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller)
GenusDeporaus (a genus of beetles)
FamilyRHYNCHITIDAE (a family of leafroller weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
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 Deporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller)

Deporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Deporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Deporaus betulae (Birch Leaf-roller, Birch Leaf Roller)

Common and widely distributed throughout the British Isles.

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