Cleopus pulchellus (Herbst, 1795)
(a figwort weevil)

Interactions where Cleopus pulchellus 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 Scrophularia figworts Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigworts
larva larva grazes on leaf (underside) UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort, Water Betony Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia auriculata/Scrophularia auriculatawater figwort, water betonyleaf (underside)Major
larva larva grazes on stem UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort, Water Betony Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia auriculata/Scrophularia auriculatawater figwort, water betonystemMajor
larva larva grazes on bud UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort, Water Betony Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia auriculata/Scrophularia auriculatawater figwort, water betonybudMajor
larva larva grazes on flower UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort, Water Betony Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia auriculata/Scrophularia auriculatawater figwort, water betonyflowerMajor
larva larva grazes on leaf (underside) UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia nodosa/Scrophularia nodosacommon figwortleaf (underside)Major
larva larva grazes on stem UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia nodosa/Scrophularia nodosacommon figwortstemMajor
larva larva grazes on bud UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia nodosa/Scrophularia nodosacommon figwortbudMajor
larva larva grazes on flower UK/IrelandMajor Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia nodosa/Scrophularia nodosacommon figwortflowerMajor
larva larva grazes on leaf (underside) UK/Ireland Verbascum mulleins Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum/Verbascummulleinsleaf (underside)
larva larva grazes on stem UK/Ireland Verbascum mulleins Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum/Verbascummulleinsstem
larva larva grazes on bud UK/Ireland Verbascum mulleins Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum/Verbascummulleinsbud
larva larva grazes on flower UK/Ireland Verbascum mulleins Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum/Verbascummulleinsflower
larva larva grazes on leaf (underside) UK/Ireland Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinleaf (underside)
larva larva grazes on stem UK/Ireland Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinstem
larva larva grazes on bud UK/Ireland Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinbud
larva larva grazes on flower UK/Ireland Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinflower

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCleopus pulchellus (a figwort weevil)
SubfamilyCIONINAE (figwort and mullein 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 Cleopus pulchellus (a figwort weevil)

Cleopus pulchellus (a figwort weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cleopus pulchellus (a figwort weevil):

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