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Cionus hortulanus (Fourcroy, 1785) (a weevil)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Cionus hortulanus Imago 25 May 1975 East Sussex England 5

Suggested Literature

Cionus hortulanus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)
CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cionus hortulanus is associated with:

Buddleja - butterfly bushes (Buddlejaceae) grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Minor Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos Verbascum - mulleins (Scrophulariaceae) grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Questionable Minor Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Scrophularia - figworts (Scrophulariaceae) larva feeds on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Scrophularia auriculata - Water Figwort, Water Betony (Scrophulariaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Scrophularia nodosa - Common Figwort (Scrophulariaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Verbascum thapsus - Great Mullein (Scrophulariaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002

There may be more taxa associated with Cionus hortulanus listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Cionus hortulanus:

larva larva is taken to the nest of female Symmorphus gracilis - a potter wasp or mason wasp (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Cionus hortulanus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)
CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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