Apion frumentarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Apion frumentarium is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds on stem Rumex docks Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksstem
larva larva feeds on rootstock Rumex docks Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksrootstock
larva larva feeds on leaf (petiole base) Rumex docks Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksleaf (petiole base)
larva larva feeds on stem Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/Rumex conglomeratusclustered dockstem
larva larva feeds on rootstock Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/Rumex conglomeratusclustered dockrootstock
larva larva feeds on leaf (petiole base) Rumex conglomeratus Clustered Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex conglomeratus/Rumex conglomeratusclustered dockleaf (petiole base)
larva larva feeds on stem Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dockstem
larva larva feeds on rootstock Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dockrootstock
larva larva feeds on leaf (petiole base) Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dockleaf (petiole base)
larva larva feeds on stem Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dockstem
larva larva feeds on rootstock Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dockrootstock
larva larva feeds on leaf (petiole base) Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dockleaf (petiole base)
larva larva feeds on stem Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockstem
larva larva feeds on rootstock Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockrootstock
larva larva feeds on leaf (petiole base) Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion frumentarium/Apion frumentariuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex obtusifolius/Rumex obtusifoliusbroad-leaved dockleaf (petiole base)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Apion frumentarium (a seed weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Apion frumentarium (a seed weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApion frumentarium (a seed weevil)
GenusApion (a genus of seed weevils)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Apion frumentarium (a seed weevil)

Apion frumentarium (a seed weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Apion frumentarium (a seed weevil):

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