Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil)

Interactions where Cryptorhynchus lapathi 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 UK/Ireland AlnusQuestionable alders Fagales: Betulaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cryptorhynchus lapathi/Cryptorhynchus lapathiwithy beetle, withy weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/Alnusalders?
larva larva feeds on UK/Ireland BetulaQuestionable birches Fagales: Betulaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cryptorhynchus lapathi/Cryptorhynchus lapathiwithy beetle, withy weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirches?
larva larva feeds within stem UK/Ireland Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae 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/Cryptorhynchus lapathi/Cryptorhynchus lapathiwithy beetle, withy weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsstem
larva larva feeds within stem UK/Ireland Salix alba White Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cryptorhynchus lapathi/Cryptorhynchus lapathiwithy beetle, withy weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix alba/Salix albawhite willowstem
larva larva causes gall of stem UK/Ireland Salix triandra Almond Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cryptorhynchus lapathi/Cryptorhynchus lapathiwithy beetle, withy weevillarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix triandra/Salix triandraalmond willowstem
larva larva causes gall of stem UK/Ireland Salix viminalis Osier Malpighiales: Salicaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cryptorhynchus lapathi/Cryptorhynchus lapathiwithy beetle, withy weevillarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix viminalis/Salix viminalisosierstem

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

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptorhynchus lapathi (Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil)
SubfamilyCRYPTORHYNCHINAE (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 Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil)

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Withy Beetle, Withy Weevil):

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