Dorytomus salicis Walton, 1851
(a catkin weevil)

Interactions where Dorytomus salicis 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
feeds on Foreign Salix alba White Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus salicis/Dorytomus salicisa catkin weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/Salix albawhite willow
feeds on Foreign Salix aurita Eared Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus salicis/Dorytomus salicisa catkin weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix aurita/Salix auritaeared willow
feeds on Foreign Salix caprea Goat Willow, Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus salicis/Dorytomus salicisa catkin weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/Salix capreagoat willow, sallow
feeds on Foreign Salix cinerea Grey Willow, Common Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus salicis/Dorytomus salicisa catkin weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea/Salix cinereagrey willow, common sallow
larva larva feeds within catkin? UK/Ireland Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Dorytomus salicis/Dorytomus salicisa catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowcatkin?

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDorytomus salicis (a catkin weevil)
GenusDorytomus (catkin weevils)
SubfamilyDORYTOMINAE (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 Dorytomus salicis (a catkin weevil)

Dorytomus salicis (a catkin weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dorytomus salicis (a catkin weevil):

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