Grypus equiseti (Fabricius, 1775)
(Horsetail Weevil)

Interactions where Grypus equiseti 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 Equisetum horsetails Equisetales: Equisetaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Grypus equiseti/Grypus equisetihorsetail weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum/Equisetumhorsetails
larva larva feeds within stem UK/IrelandMajor Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail Equisetales: Equisetaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Grypus equiseti/Grypus equisetihorsetail weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/Equisetum arvensefield horsetailstemMajor
larva larva feeds within stem UK/IrelandMajor Equisetum palustre Marsh Horsetail Equisetales: Equisetaceae 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/Erirhinidae/Grypus equiseti/Grypus equisetihorsetail weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetailstemMajor

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

Grypus equiseti (Horsetail Weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Grypus equiseti (Horsetail Weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGrypus equiseti (Horsetail Weevil)
FamilyERIRHINIDAE (a family of 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 Grypus equiseti (Horsetail Weevil)

Grypus equiseti (Horsetail Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Grypus equiseti (Horsetail Weevil):

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