Acentrotypus brunnipes (Boheman, 1839)
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Acentrotypus brunnipes 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 causes gall of flower Filago a genus of cudweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Acentrotypus brunnipes/Acentrotypus brunnipesa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Filago/Filagoa genus of cudweedsflower
larva larva causes gall of leaf Filago a genus of cudweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Acentrotypus brunnipes/Acentrotypus brunnipesa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Filago/Filagoa genus of cudweedsleaf
larva larva causes gall of flower Filago vulgaris Common Cudweed Asterales: Asteraceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Acentrotypus brunnipes/Acentrotypus brunnipesa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Filago vulgaris/Filago vulgariscommon cudweedflower
larva larva causes gall of leaf Filago vulgaris Common Cudweed Asterales: Asteraceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Acentrotypus brunnipes/Acentrotypus brunnipesa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Filago vulgaris/Filago vulgariscommon cudweedleaf
larva larva causes gall of flower Gnaphalium a genus of cudweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Acentrotypus brunnipes/Acentrotypus brunnipesa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Gnaphalium/Gnaphaliuma genus of cudweedsflower
larva larva causes gall of leaf Gnaphalium a genus of cudweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Acentrotypus brunnipes/Acentrotypus brunnipesa seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Gnaphalium/Gnaphaliuma genus of cudweedsleaf

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcentrotypus brunnipes (a seed weevil)
GenusAcentrotypus (a genus of seed weevils)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed 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 Acentrotypus brunnipes (a seed weevil)

Acentrotypus brunnipes (a seed weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Acentrotypus brunnipes (a seed weevil):

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