Byctiscus betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Hazel Leaf-roller)

Interactions where Byctiscus 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 (several leaves) Major 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/Byctiscus betulae/Byctiscus betulaehazel leaf-rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesleaf (several leaves)Major
larva larva rolls leaf (several leaves) Major 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/Byctiscus betulae/Byctiscus betulaehazel leaf-rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/Corylus avellanahazelleaf (several leaves)Major
larva larva rolls leaf (several leaves) Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Byctiscus betulae/Byctiscus betulaehazel leaf-rollerlarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplarsleaf (several leaves)
larva larva feeds on Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Rhynchitidae/Byctiscus betulae/Byctiscus betulaehazel leaf-rollerlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillows

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

Byctiscus betulae (Hazel Leaf-roller) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Byctiscus betulae (Hazel Leaf-roller) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesByctiscus betulae (Hazel Leaf-roller)
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 Byctiscus betulae (Hazel Leaf-roller)

Byctiscus betulae (Hazel 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 Byctiscus betulae (Hazel Leaf-roller):

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