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Hippuriphila modeeri (L., 1761) (Horsetail Flea Beetle)

Suggested Literature

Hippuriphila modeeri 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

Hippuriphila modeeri is associated with:

Photos larva Equisetum - horsetails (Equisetaceae) larva feeds on Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Equisetum palustre - Marsh Horsetail (Equisetaceae) larva feeds on Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail (Equisetaceae) larva mines live, blackened stem UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [outer surface turns black, larva eats much pith.]

There may be more taxa associated with Hippuriphila modeeri listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Hippuriphila modeeri:

Hippuriphila modeeri may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands

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