BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Rhynchites aequatus (L., 1767) (Apple Fruit Rhynchites)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Rhynchites aequatus Female imago 9 May 1998 Oxon England 2

Suggested Literature

Rhynchites aequatus may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Rhynchites aequatus is associated with:

larva Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae) larva feeds within fruit Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
Morris, M.G., 1990
larva Malus - apples (Rosaceae) larva feeds within fruit Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
Morris, M.G., 1990
larva Mespilus germanica - Medlar (Rosaceae) larva feeds within fruit Morris, M.G., 1990
larva Prunus - plums and cherries (Rosaceae) larva feeds within fruit Morris, M.G., 1990
larva Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn, Sloe (Rosaceae) larva feeds within fruit Major Morris, M.G., 1990
larva Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan, Mountain Ash (Rosaceae) larva feeds within fruit Morris, M.G., 1990

Associated with Rhynchites aequatus:

Rhynchites aequatus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils