Hypera melancholica (Fabricius, 1792)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Hypera melancholica 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
grazes on leaf Foreign FABOIDEAE vetches, peas and beans Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Faboideae/Faboideaevetches, peas and beansleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Medicago medicks Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/Medicagomedicksleaf
grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Medicago lupulinaQuestionable Black Medick Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago lupulina/Medicago lupulinablack medick?leaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Medicago sativa ssp falcata Sickle Medick Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. falcata/Medicago sativa subsp. falcatasickle medickleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Medicago sativa ssp sativa Lucerne, Alfalfa Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa subsp. sativa/Medicago sativa subsp. sativalucerne, alfalfaleaf
grazes on leaf Foreign Melilotus melilots Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Melilotus/Melilotusmelilotsleaf
grazes on leaf Foreign Trifolium clovers Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium/Trifoliumcloversleaf
grazes on leaf Foreign Vicia vetches Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera melancholica/Hypera melancholicaa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/Viciavetchesleaf

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypera melancholica (a weevil)
GenusHypera (a genus of weevils)
SubfamilyHYPERINAE (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 Hypera melancholica (a weevil)

Hypera melancholica (a weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypera melancholica (a weevil):

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