Larinus carlinae (Olivier, 1807)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Larinus carlinae 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 feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Carlina vulgarisQuestionable Carline Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carlina vulgaris/Carlina vulgariscarline thistle?capitulum
larva larva causes gall of capitulum Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlescapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlescapitulum
larva larva causes gall of capitulum Centaurea knapweeds and star-thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea/Centaureaknapweeds and star-thistlescapitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum UK/Ireland CentaureaQuestionable knapweeds and star-thistles Asterales: Asteraceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea/Centaureaknapweeds and star-thistles?capitulum
larva larva feeds within capitulum Cirsium thistle Asterales: Asteraceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/Cirsiumthistlecapitulum
larva larva feeds on Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle
larva larva feeds on Cirsium vulgare Spear Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Larinus carlinae/Larinus carlinaea weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium vulgare/Cirsium vulgarespear thistle

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Larinus carlinae (a weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Larinus carlinae (a weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLarinus carlinae (a weevil)
SubfamilyLIXINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true 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 Larinus carlinae (a weevil)

Larinus carlinae (a weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Larinus carlinae (a weevil):

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