Protapion fulvipes (Geoffroy, 1785)
white clover seed weevil
on Trifolium
parasite
The larva lives within a flower head, feeding on the developing ovaries of one to three florets. Here also the pupation. According to Dauphin & Aniotsbehere the capitulum becomes hypertrophied.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Trifolium hybridum, repens, spadiceum.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Apion dichroum Bedel, 1886; Apion flavipes (Paykull, 1792).
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Delbol (2013a), Dieckmann (1977a), Dieckmann & Herger (1985a), Ehret (1990a), Friedman & Freidberg (2007a), Podlussány (1986a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a).