Cionus hortulanus (Fourcroy, 1785)
(a figwort weevil)

Interactions where Cionus hortulanus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMinor Buddleja butterfly bushes, buddlejas Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Buddleja/Buddlejabutterfly bushes, buddlejasleafMinor
larva larva feeds on leaf Scrophularia figworts Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia/Scrophulariafigwortsleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Scrophularia auriculata Water Figwort, Water Betony Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia auriculata/Scrophularia auriculatawater figwort, water betonyleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Scrophularia nodosa Common Figwort Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia nodosa/Scrophularia nodosacommon figwortleaf
grazes on leaf UK/IrelandMinor VerbascumQuestionable mulleins Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum/Verbascummulleins?leafMinor
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinleaf

Interactions where Cionus hortulanus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
larva is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Symmorphus gracilis a potter wasp or mason wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Symmorphus gracilis/Symmorphus gracilisa potter wasp or mason waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva female stocks nest with larva

Cionus hortulanus (a figwort weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cionus hortulanus (a figwort weevil) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCionus hortulanus (a figwort weevil)
GenusCionus (figwort and mullein weevils)
SubfamilyCIONINAE (figwort and mullein weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (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 Cionus hortulanus (a figwort weevil)

Cionus hortulanus (a figwort weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cionus hortulanus (a figwort weevil):

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