BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Hypera postica (Gyllenhal, 1813) (Clover Leaf Weevil)

Suggested Literature

Hypera postica 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

Hypera postica is associated with:

Photos larva Fabaceae - vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae larva grazes on leaf Morris, M.G., 2002 [various species]
Photos larva Medicago - medicks (Fabaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Medicago lupulina - Black Medick (Fabaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Medicago sativa ssp. sativa - Lucerne, Alfalfa (Fabaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Melilotus - melilots (Fabaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Trifolium - clovers (Fabaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Hypera postica listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Hypera postica:

imago imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Microsoma exigua - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Hypera postica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)
CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)
Hypera
(a genus of weevils)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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