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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Curculionidae Sub Family   Hyperinae Description   a sub-family of true weevils Background to Family   Around 20 species, of which Hypera is associated with legumes (Fabaceae) and certain other herbaceous families. Limobius feeds on geraniums (Geraniaceae). The larvae of the Hyperinae are unusual in being caterpillar-like, external feeders, and cryptically coloured. Individual species tend to feed on a range of species within families.     No. taxa in DBIF   _ No. interactions   _ % interactions with British data   _ No. records   _ % taxa with British data   _ Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature or errors in original sources. New material added from Morris, M.G. (2002, RES Handbooks, Coleoptera: Curculionidae Part 17b (True Weevils, Part 1).; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   2002 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:581 Source   Read, J. (1987-02) Col. Curculionidae, Coleopterist's Handbook Corrections :5 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:90 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:575 Source   Barnes, H.F.(1953) Pl. Path. 2:1 52-53:53 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:177 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:56 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:55 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:86 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:58 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:91 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:590 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:586 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:589 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:57 Source   Compton, S. (1984-01-24) fauna. :3 Source   Rosenthal, S.S. & Buckingham, G.R.(1982) Hilgardia 50:2 1-19:17 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:62 Source   Allen, A.A.(1982) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 94 35-35:35 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:97 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:94 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:176 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :3 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :4 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:179 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:591 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:88 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:584 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:54 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:178 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:92 Source   Morris, M.G.(1982) Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. archaeol. Soc. 104 159-164:160 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:617 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:593 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :152 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:180 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:60 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:579 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:87 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:181 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:61 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:580 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:577 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:63 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:587 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:582 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:588 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:96 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:592