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Bruchidius villosus (broom seed beetle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Bruchidius villosus is a species of bean weevil known by the common names broom seed beetle and Scotch broom bruchid. This beetle is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed known as Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius).
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Cytisus scoparius (Broomtops)[1]
Holcus lanatus (common velvetgrass)[1]
Laburnum alpinum (Alpine Laburnum)[1]
Petteria ramentacea[1]
Ulex europaeus (common gorse)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Anystis baccarum (Whirligig Mite)[2]
Pteromalus sequester[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pteromalus sequester[2]
Pollinator of 
Salix repens rosmarinifolia (creeping willow)[2]
Solidago virgaurea (European goldenrod)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0