BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Trifolium (clovers)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Trifolium arvense L. (Hare’s-foot Clover) 5 8     4
Species Trifolium aureum Pollich (Large Trefoil)         4
Species Trifolium campestre Schreber (Hop Trefoil) 14 11     10
Species Trifolium dubium Sibth. (Lesser Trefoil) 10 6     9
Species Trifolium fragiferum L. (Strawberry Clover) 10       8
Species Trifolium hybridum L. (Alsike Clover) 13 21     10
Species Trifolium incarnatum L. (Crimson Clover) 9     1 11
Species Trifolium medium L. (Zigzag Clover) 2     1 11
Species Trifolium micranthum Viv. (Slender Trefoil) 5       2
Species Trifolium occidentale Coombe (Western Clover) 12        
Species Trifolium ochroleucon Hudson (Sulphur Clover)         1
Species Trifolium pratense L. (Red Clover) 7 5   1 35
Species Trifolium repens L. (White Clover, Dutch Clover) 10 6     35
Species Trifolium scabrum L. (Rough Clover) 7        
Species Trifolium stellatum L. (Starry Clover)         1
Species Trifolium striatum L. (Knotted Clover) 13 14     2
Species Trifolium strictum L. (Upright Clover) 7        
Species Trifolium subterraneum L. (Subterranean Clover)   22 7   1
Informal (Trifolium sp. cult.) (Cultivated Clovers) 25 27   1 57

Suggested Literature

Trifolium 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 Trifolium:

is foodplant of larva Apion apricans - a clover seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion difforme - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Questionable Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion fulvipes - White Clover Seed Weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion laevicolle - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion ryei - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Questionable Morris, M.G., 1990
is foodplant of larva Apion schoenherri - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Questionable Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion trifolii - a clover seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion varipes - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona ambiguus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona humeralis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona lepidus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos is foodplant of larva Sitona lineatus - Pea & Bean Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona lineellus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona macularius - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona puncticollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona sulcifrons - Clover Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Tychius lineatulus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Tychius picirostris - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Tychius pusillus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Tychius stephensi - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Tychius tibialis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is associate of adult Bruchidius varius - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
bud (terminal or lateral) bud (terminal or lateral) is galled by larva Tychius polylineatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Bullock, J.A., 1992
calyx calyx is galled by larva Dasineura leguminicola - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
flower flower is galled by Aceria plicator - a mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
inflorescence inflorescence is galled by Mycoplasma
inflorescence inflorescence may contain larva Apion assimile - a clover seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
inflorescence inflorescence may contain larva Apion nigritarse - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [small, yellow-flowered species]
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza nana - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [a short linear mine which develops into a conspicuous white blotch on the midrib]
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus atricillus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus atricillus - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by adult Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata - Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) UK/Ireland Major Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by larva Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata - Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) UK/Ireland Major Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera fuscocinerea - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera meles - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera nigrirostris - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera postica - Clover Leaf Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera punctata - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera suspiciosa - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Questionable Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera venusta - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Minor Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Nematus myosotidis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaflet leaflet is galled by larva Dasineura trifolii - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Photos root root is foodplant of larva Sitona hispidulus - Clover Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [a pest of this foodplant]
Photos root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche minor - Common Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
rootstock rootstock is galled by larva Apion curtisi - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem is galled by larva Apion pubescens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Apion seniculus - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Apion virens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990

Trifolium 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

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989 Ladybirds
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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