BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lotus (bird's-foot-trefoils)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Lotus angustissimus L. (Slender Bird's-foot-trefoil)			2
Species	Lotus corniculatus L. (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Eggs-and-bacon)	25	14	27
Species	Lotus glaber Miller (Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil)			3
Species	Lotus pedunculatus Cav. (Large Bird’s-foot-trefoil)	9		9
Species	Lotus subbiflorus Lag. (Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil)			2

Suggested Literature

Lotus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lotus:

	is foodplant of	Phyllobius viridicollis - a leaf weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
	is foodplant of	Sitona cinerascens - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona gemellatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
	is foodplant of	Sitona puberulus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona puncticollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Sitona waterhousei - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 1997
	is foodplant of	Hypera suspiciosa - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
flower	flower is galled by larva	Contarinia loti - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
flower	flower is grazed by	Hypera plantaginis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf (stipule)	leaf (stipule) is galled by larva	Jaapiella loticola - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (terminal)	leaf (terminal) is galled by larva	Jaapiella loticola - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is galled by	Aceria euaspis	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is galled by larva	Dasineura loti - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is grazed by	Hypera meles - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf	leaf is grazed by	Hypera plantaginis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf	leaf is grazed by	Hypera venusta - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
leaves (terminal)	leaves (terminal) is galled by larva	Contarinia barbichi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
pod	pod is galled by larva	Apion loti - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
pod	pod is galled by larva	Asphondylia melanopus - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
seed (ripening)	ripening seed is foodplant of larva	Pachytychius haematocephalus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
shoot tip	shoot tip is galled by	Aceria euaspis	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Lotus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls