Aizobius sedi (Germar, 1818)
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Aizobius sedi 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 mines leaf (then stem) SedumQuestionable stonecrops Saxifragales: Crassulaceae 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/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sedum/Sedumstonecrops?leaf (then stem)
larva larva mines stem (after leaf) SedumQuestionable stonecrops Saxifragales: Crassulaceae 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/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sedum/Sedumstonecrops?stem (after leaf)
larva larva mines leaf (then stem) Major Sedum acre Biting Stonecrop Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sedum acre/Sedum acrebiting stonecropleaf (then stem)Major
larva larva mines stem (after leaf) Sedum acre Biting Stonecrop Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sedum acre/Sedum acrebiting stonecropstem (after leaf)
larva larva mines leaf (then stem) Major Sedum anglicum English Stonecrop Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sedum anglicum/Sedum anglicumenglish stonecropleaf (then stem)Major
larva larva mines stem (after leaf) Sedum anglicum English Stonecrop Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sedum anglicum/Sedum anglicumenglish stonecropstem (after leaf)
larva larva mines leaf (then stem) Sempervivum tectorumQuestionable House-leek Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sempervivum tectorum/Sempervivum tectorumhouse-leek?leaf (then stem)
larva larva mines stem (after leaf) Sempervivum tectorumQuestionable House-leek Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Aizobius sedi/Aizobius sedia seed weevillarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Sempervivum tectorum/Sempervivum tectorumhouse-leek?stem (after leaf)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAizobius sedi (a seed weevil)
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 Aizobius sedi (a seed weevil)

Aizobius sedi (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 Aizobius sedi (a seed weevil):

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