Limobius borealis (Paykull, 1792)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Limobius borealis 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 Erodium cicutarium agg. common stork’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Erodium cicutarium agg./Erodium cicutarium agg.common stork's-billleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Geranium true geraniums Geraniales: Geraniaceae 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/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium/Geraniumtrue geraniumsleaf
grazes on leaf Foreign Geranium molle Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium molle/Geranium molledove’s-foot crane’s-billleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMajor Geranium pratense Meadow Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae 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/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium pratense/Geranium pratensemeadow crane’s-billleafMajor
grazes on leaf Foreign Geranium pusillum Small-flowered Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium pusillum/Geranium pusillumsmall-flowered crane’s-billleaf
grazes on leaf Foreign Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevil Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium pyrenaicum/Geranium pyrenaicumhedgerow crane’s-billleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMajor Geranium robertianum Herb Robert, Herb-Robert Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium robertianum/Geranium robertianumherb Robert, herb-RobertleafMajor
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMajor Geranium sanguineum Bloody Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium sanguineum/Geranium sanguineumbloody crane’s-billleafMajor
grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Geranium sylvaticumQuestionable Wood Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Limobius borealis/Limobius borealisa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium sylvaticum/Geranium sylvaticumwood crane's-bill?leaf

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLimobius borealis (a weevil)
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 Limobius borealis (a weevil)

Limobius borealis (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 Limobius borealis (a weevil):

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