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(eukaryotes)
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(animals)
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(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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(skin shedders)
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(arthropods)
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(hexapods)
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(insects)
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(insects with wings developing internally)
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(beetles)
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(mainly terrestrial beetles)
CHRYSOMELOIDAE
CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)
Phaedon
(a genus of leaf beetles)
Phaedon cochleariae
(a mustard beetle)
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Phaedon cochleariae (F., 1792) (a mustard beetle)

Suggested Literature

Phaedon cochleariae may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Phaedon cochleariae is associated with:

Photos adult Brassicaceae - cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard, Jack By The Hedge, Hedge Garlic (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Armoracia rusticana - Horse Radish (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Barbarea vulgaris - Winter-cress (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Brassica nigra - Black Mustard (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Capsella bursa-pastoris - Shepherd’s Purse (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Cardamine - bitter-cresses (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Cochlearia officinalis sens.lat. - common scurvygrass (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Raphanus - radishes (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Rorippa - yellow-cresses (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Rorippa amphibia - Greater Yellow-cress (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg. - water-cress (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Sinapis - wild mustards (Brassicaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
Photos adult Limonium vulgare - Common Sea-lavender (Plumbaginaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Ulex europaeus - Gorse, Furze, Whin. (Fabaceae) adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower (pollen?) Minor Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Armoracia rusticana - Horse Radish (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Brassica - cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Brassica nigra - Black Mustard (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Cochlearia officinalis sens.lat. - common scurvygrass (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Rorippa - yellow-cresses (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg. - water-cress (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
larva Rorippa sylvestris - Creeping Yellow-cress (Brassicaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007

There may be more taxa associated with Phaedon cochleariae listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Phaedon cochleariae:

Photos egg egg is predated by Adalia bipunctata - Two-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos egg egg is predated by Coccinella septempunctata - Seven-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Meigenia mutabilis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva larva is parasitoid host of larva Bracon guttiger (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is predated by Saprinus virescens - a carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is predated by Rhacognathus punctatus - a shieldbug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Phaedon cochleariae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 COLEOPTERA
(beetles)		 CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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