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Lotus corniculatus L. (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Eggs-and-bacon)

Images etc

magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Lotus corniculatus In flower 11 June 2007 West Cornwall England 4
Lotus corniculatus In flower 29 May 2005 East Gloucestershire England 5
Lotus corniculatus Plant 24 August 2002 Berks England 9 12
Lotus corniculatus Plant 24 June 2001 Berks England 1
Lotus corniculatus Plant 16 July 1977 North Hampshire England 3
Lotus corniculatus Plant 10 July 1977 East Sussex England 1
Lotus corniculatus Plant 9 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Lotus corniculatus Plant 29 July 1970 Surrey England 1

Suggested Literature

Lotus corniculatus 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 corniculatus:

(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Meligethes erythropus - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona cambricus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona lineellus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona sulcifrons - Clover Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona waterhousei - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of Tychius flavicollis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is parasitised by Peronospora lotorum - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is associate of adult Bruchidius varius - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
may have adult Bruchus loti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
flower flower is grazed by larva Hypera plantaginis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (fading) fading leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia sphaeroidea - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia sphaeroidea - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora loti - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes reddish brown or grey spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia schulzeri - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes rather ill-defined yellowish-brown spots]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera plantaginis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo brevicornis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958
pod (gall?) pod (gall?) may contain larva Apion loti - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
pod wall pod wall is mined by larva Bruchidius cisti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992 [sinuous, sub-epidermal gallery several mm long]
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Osmia inermis - a mason bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Osmia parietina - Wall Mason Bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Osmia uncinata - a mason bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Osmia xanthomelana - a mason bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
seed (ripening) ripening seed is foodplant of larva Pachytychius haematocephalus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
seed seed may contain larva Bruchidius cisti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem (upper) stem (upper) is galled by larva Melanagromyza cunctans - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1976
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [slender, cylindrical gall]

Lotus corniculatus 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)
Lotus
(bird's-foot-trefoils)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spencer, K.A., 1976 The Agromyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark

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