Pseudaplemonus limonii (Kirby, 1808)
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Pseudaplemonus limonii 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 Limonium sea lavenders Caryophyllales: Plumbaginaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Pseudaplemonus limonii/Pseudaplemonus limoniia seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Limonium/Limoniumsea lavenders
larva larva feeds within rootstock? Limonium bellidifolium Matted Sea-lavender Caryophyllales: Plumbaginaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Pseudaplemonus limonii/Pseudaplemonus limoniia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Limonium bellidifolium/Limonium bellidifoliummatted sea-lavenderrootstock?
larva larva feeds within rootstock? Minor Limonium binervosum agg. rock sea-lavenders Caryophyllales: Plumbaginaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Pseudaplemonus limonii/Pseudaplemonus limoniia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Limonium binervosum agg./Limonium binervosum agg.rock sea-lavendersrootstock?Minor
larva larva feeds within rootstock? Major Limonium vulgare Common Sea-lavender Caryophyllales: Plumbaginaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Pseudaplemonus limonii/Pseudaplemonus limoniia seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Limonium vulgare/Limonium vulgarecommon sea-lavenderrootstock?Major

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPseudaplemonus limonii (a seed weevil)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed 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 Pseudaplemonus limonii (a seed weevil)

Pseudaplemonus limonii (a seed weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pseudaplemonus limonii (a seed weevil):

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