Hypera venusta (Fabricius, 1781)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Hypera venusta 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 grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Anthyllis vulneraria Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersleaf
grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMinor Lotus bird’s-foot-trefoils Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus/Lotusbird's-foot-trefoilsleafMinor
grazes on leaf Minor Trifolium clovers Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevil Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Trifolium/TrifoliumcloversleafMinor
grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Ulex gorses Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/Ulexgorsesleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Ulex minor Dwarf Gorse Fabales: Fabaceae 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/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex minor/Ulex minordwarf gorseleaf
grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMinor Vicia vetches Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/ViciavetchesleafMinor
grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMinor Onobrychis viciifolia Sainfoin Fabales: Fabaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/Hypera venustaa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Onobrychis viciifolia/Onobrychis viciifoliasainfoinleafMinor

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypera venusta (a weevil)
GenusHypera (a genus of weevils)
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 Hypera venusta (a weevil)

Hypera venusta (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 Hypera venusta (a weevil):

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