Anthonomus rubi (Herbst, 1795)
(Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil)

Interactions where Anthonomus rubi 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 Minor ROSACEAE roses and fruit trees Rosales Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Anthonomus rubi/Anthonomus rubistrawberry blossom weevil, strawberry-blossom weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosaceaeroses and fruit treesMinor
larva larva feeds on Major Fragaria strawberries Rosales: Rosaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Anthonomus rubi/Anthonomus rubistrawberry blossom weevil, strawberry-blossom weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria/FragariastrawberriesMajor
larva larva feeds on Major Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Anthonomus rubi/Anthonomus rubistrawberry blossom weevil, strawberry-blossom weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarsMajor
larva larva causes gall of flower bud Major Rubus brambles, blackberries and raspberries Rosales: Rosaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Anthonomus rubi/Anthonomus rubistrawberry blossom weevil, strawberry-blossom weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus/Rubusbrambles, blackberries and raspberriesflower budMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Anthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil)
GenusAnthonomus (a genus of weevils)
SubfamilyCURCULIONINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true 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 Anthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil)

Anthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of Anthonomus rubi (Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Strawberry-blossom Weevil)
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