Sitona hispidulus (Fabricius, 1777)
(Clover-root Weevil)

Interactions where Sitona hispidulus 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 root Medicago medicks Fabales: Fabaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona hispidulus/Sitona hispidulusclover-root weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago/Medicagomedicksroot
larva larva feeds on root Major Medicago sativa Lucerne, Medick, Alfalfa Fabales: Fabaceae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona hispidulus/Sitona hispidulusclover-root weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Medicago sativa/Medicago sativalucerne, medick, alfalfarootMajor
larva larva feeds on root Major Trifolium clovers Fabales: Fabaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona hispidulus/Sitona hispidulusclover-root weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium/TrifoliumcloversrootMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Sitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil)
GenusSitona (a genus of weevils)
TribeSitonini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (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 Sitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Phillips, C.B. & Barratt, B.I.P. 2004 A guide to assist detection of newly arrived Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand and Australia Phillips, C.B. & Barratt, B.I.P., 2004. A guide to assist detection of newly arrived Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand and Australia, 12pp, Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Grassland Invertebrate Ecology Conference

Sitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Sitona hispidulus (Clover-root Weevil)
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