Bruchidius villosus (a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchidius villosus 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 Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Part	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Season
adult	adult is associated with flower	Heracleum sphondylium	Hogweed, Kecks	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Heracleum sphondylium/	Heracleum sphondylium	hogweed, kecks	flower
adult	adult is associated with flower	Achillea millefolium	Yarrow	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Achillea millefolium/	Achillea millefolium	yarrow	flower
adult	adult is associated with	Cytisus	a genus of brooms	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus/	Cytisus	a genus of brooms
adult (newly emerged)	adult (newly emerged) may be found in pod	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult (newly emerged)	Plant / resting place / within	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom	pod		(8)
adult	adult feeds on pollen	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom	pollen		(late 4)
adult	adult is associated with branch	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom	branch	Major	(8-10, late 2-4)5-7)
adult	adult is associated with flower	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom	flower	Major	(8-10, late 2-4)5-7)
larva	larva feeds within seed	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	larva	Foodplant / internal feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom	seed
pupa	pupa may be found in seed	Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	pupa	Plant / resting place / within	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom	seed
adult	adult is associated with	Genista	a genus of brooms	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista/	Genista	a genus of brooms
adult	adult is associated with	Laburnum	laburnums	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate	Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Laburnum/	Laburnum	laburnums
adult (young)	adult (young) feeds on pollen	Ulex	gorses	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult (young)	Foodplant / feeds on		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/	Ulex	gorses	pollen
adult	adult is associated with flower	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	Poales: Poaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	adult	Plant / associate		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus lanatus/	Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire-fog	flower

Interactions where Bruchidius villosus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive Stage	Summary
egg is predated by	Anystis agilis	a mite	Trombidiformes: Anystidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Anystidae/Anystis agilis/	Anystis agilis	a mite			Animal / predator	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle		egg	is predator of egg
larva is parasitoid host of larva	Baryscapus endemus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eulophidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eulophidae/Baryscapus endemus/	Baryscapus endemus	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle		larva	larva is parasitoid of larva
is parasitoid host of larva	Eupelmus urozonus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus urozonus/	Eupelmus urozonus	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle			larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva	Dinarmus acutus	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Dinarmus acutus/	Dinarmus acutus	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	?		larva is parasitoid of
is parasitoid host of larva	Pteromalus bruchidii	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Pteromalus bruchidii/	Pteromalus bruchidii	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid	Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle	?		larva is parasitoid of
larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva	Pteromalus sequesta	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Pteromalus sequesta/	Pteromalus sequesta	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle		larva	larva is ectoparasitoid of larva
pupa is ectoparasitoid host of larva	Pteromalus sequesta	a chalcid wasp	Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Pteromalus sequesta/	Pteromalus sequesta	a chalcid wasp		larva	Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoid	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle		pupa	larva is ectoparasitoid of pupa
egg is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva	Trichogramma	a genus of chalcid wasps	Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae/Trichogramma/	Trichogramma	a genus of chalcid wasps	solitary	larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle		egg	solitary larva is endoparasitoid of egg
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva	Triaspis sp. nr. obscurellus	a braconid	Hymenoptera: Braconidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Triaspis sp. nr. obscurellus/	Triaspis sp. nr. obscurellus	a braconid		larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius villosus/	Bruchidius villosus	a seed beetle		larva	larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Cox, M.L., 2007	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm

Bruchidius villosus (a seed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Bruchidius villosus (a seed beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bruchidius villosus (a seed beetle)

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Species	Bruchidius villosus (a seed beetle)
Genus	Bruchidius (a genus of seed beetles)
Subfamily	BRUCHINAE (seed beetles, pea weevils, bean weevils)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1792)
(a seed beetle)

Interactions where Bruchidius villosus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Interactions where Bruchidius villosus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bruchidius villosus is also a member of:

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