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Hypera rumicis (L., 1758) (a weevil)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Hypera rumicis imago, cocoon and pupa 27 June 2006 East Sussex England 33

Suggested Literature

Hypera rumicis 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 rumicis is associated with:

Oxyria digyna - Mountain Sorrel (Polygonaceae) grazes on live leaf Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos Polygonum - a genus of knotgrasses (Polygonaceae) grazes on leaf Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
Rheum palmatum - Ornamental Rhubarb (Polygonaceae) grazes on leaf Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Rumex - docks (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Rumex crispus - Curled Dock (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Rumex hydrolapathum - Water Dock (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Hypera rumicis:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Meigenia mutabilis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Questionable Belshaw, R., 1993

Hypera rumicis 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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