Byturus tomentosus (De Geer, 1774)
(Raspberry Beetle)

Interactions where Byturus tomentosus 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
adult adult feeds on live petal Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornslivepetal (4-5)
adult adult feeds on live stamen Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornslivestamen (4-5)
adult adult feeds on live pollen Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornslivepollen (4-5)
adult adult feeds on live petal Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusappleslivepetal (4-5)
adult adult feeds on live stamen Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusappleslivestamen (4-5)
adult adult feeds on live pollen Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusappleslivepollen (4-5)
adult adult feeds on live bud Rubus fruticosus agg. brambles, blackberries Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./Rubus fruticosus agg.brambles, blackberrieslivebud
adult adult feeds on live flower Rubus fruticosus agg. brambles, blackberries Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./Rubus fruticosus agg.brambles, blackberriesliveflower
larva larva feeds on ripening fruit Rubus fruticosus agg. brambles, blackberries Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./Rubus fruticosus agg.brambles, blackberriesripeningfruit
adult adult feeds on live bud Rubus idaeus Raspberry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/Rubus idaeusraspberrylivebud
adult adult feeds on live flower Rubus idaeus Raspberry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/Rubus idaeusraspberryliveflower
larva larva feeds on ripening fruit Rubus idaeus Raspberry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/Rubus idaeusraspberryripeningfruit
adult adult feeds on live bud Rubus idaeus x vitifolius loganberry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/Rubus idaeus x vitifoliusloganberrylivebud
adult adult feeds on live flower Rubus idaeus x vitifolius loganberry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/Rubus idaeus x vitifoliusloganberryliveflower
larva larva feeds on ripening fruit Rubus idaeus x vitifolius loganberry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Byturidae/Byturus tomentosus/Byturus tomentosusraspberry beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus x vitifolius/Rubus idaeus x vitifoliusloganberryripeningfruit

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesByturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle)
FamilyBYTURIDAE (raspberry beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of 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 Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Jefferson, R. 2004 Insects and fleshy fruits British Wildlife Vol 16, No 2: 95-103.

Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of Byturus tomentosus (Raspberry Beetle)
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