Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (Paykull, 1792)
(cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil)

Interactions where Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) 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 live root BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.liveroot (3-)
larva larva causes gall of root Arabis rock cresses Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Arabis/Arabisrock cressesroot
larva larva causes gall of stem (base) Arabis rock cresses Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Arabis/Arabisrock cressesstem (base)
larva larva feeds on Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rape
larva larva causes gall of root Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and raperoot
larva larva causes gall of live root Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rapeliveroot (3-)
larva larva causes gall of stem (base) Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rapestem (base)
larva larva causes gall of live root Brassica oleracea var capitata Cabbage Brassicales: Brassicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/Brassica oleracea var. capitatacabbageliveroot (3-)
larva larva causes gall of live root Brassica rapa Turnip Brassicales: Brassicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica rapa/Brassica rapaturnipliveroot (3-)
larva larva causes gall of root Erysimum wall flowers Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Erysimum/Erysimumwall flowersroot
larva larva causes gall of stem (base) Erysimum wall flowers Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Erysimum/Erysimumwall flowersstem (base)
larva larva causes gall of live root Lepidium draba ssp draba a hoary cress Brassicales: Brassicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Lepidium draba subsp. draba/Lepidium draba subsp. drabaa hoary cressliveroot (3-)
larva larva causes gall of root Raphanus radishes Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Raphanus/Raphanusradishesroot
larva larva causes gall of stem (base) Raphanus radishes Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Raphanus/Raphanusradishesstem (base)
larva larva causes gall of root Sinapis wild mustards Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis/Sinapiswild mustardsroot
larva larva causes gall of live root Sinapis wild mustards Brassicales: Brassicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis/Sinapiswild mustardsliveroot (3-)
larva larva causes gall of stem (base) Sinapis wild mustards Brassicales: Brassicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis/Sinapiswild mustardsstem (base)
larva larva causes gall of live root Sisymbrium rockets Brassicales: Brassicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)/Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus)cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium/Sisymbriumrocketsliveroot (3-)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species sensu latoCeutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil)
GenusCeutorhynchus (a genus of weevils)
SubfamilyCEUTORHYNCHINAE (a subfamily of true 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 Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil)

Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ceutorhynchus assimilis s.l. (assimilis/obstrictus) (cabbage seed weevil, turnip gall weevil, cabbage gall weevil):

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