Holotrichapion ononis (Kirby, 1808)
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Holotrichapion ononis 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
larva larva feeds on Ononis restharrows Fabales: Fabaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononis/Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononisa seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ononis/Ononisrestharrows
larva larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds) Ononis repens Common Restharrow Fabales: Fabaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononis/Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononisa seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ononis repens/Ononis repenscommon restharrowpod (on unripe seeds)
larva larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds) Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow Fabales: Fabaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononis/Holotrichapion (Holotrichapion) ononisa seed weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ononis spinosa/Ononis spinosaspiny restharrowpod (on unripe seeds)

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

Holotrichapion ononis (a seed weevil) may 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
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHolotrichapion ononis (a seed weevil)
GenusHolotrichapion (a genus of beetles)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed 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 Holotrichapion ononis (a seed weevil)

Holotrichapion ononis (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 Holotrichapion ononis (a seed weevil):

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