Lixus pulverulentus (Scopoli, 1763)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Lixus pulverulentus 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 on stem 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/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlesstem
larva larva feeds on [Centaurea nigra agg] lesser knapweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea nigra agg/Centaurea nigra agglesser knapweeds
larva larva feeds on stem UK/Ireland Cirsium thistle Asterales: Asteraceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/Cirsiumthistlestem
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/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle
feeds on stem Foreign Vicia faba Broad Bean, Field Bean Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia faba/Vicia fababroad bean, field beanstem
larva larva feeds on Malva mallows Malvales: Malvaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva/Malvamallows
feeds on stem Foreign Malva sylvestris Common Mallow Malvales: Malvaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus pulverulentus/Lixus pulverulentusa weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Malva sylvestris/Malva sylvestriscommon mallowstem

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLixus pulverulentus (a weevil)
GenusLixus (a genus of weevils)
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 Lixus pulverulentus (a weevil)

Lixus pulverulentus (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 Lixus pulverulentus (a weevil):

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