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Chrysomela populi L., 1758 (Red Poplar Leaf Beetle)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cox, M.L., 2007 (Colour photograph) Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

Chrysomela populi may also 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

Chrysomela populi is associated with:

Photos imago Populus - poplars (Salicaceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos imago Salix - willows (Salicaceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Populus - poplars (Salicaceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Salix - willows (Salicaceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Chrysomela populi listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Chrysomela populi:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Meigenia dorsalis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Cleonice callida - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is taken to the nest of female Symmorphus crassicornis - a potter wasp or mason wasp (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
larva larva is taken to the nest of female Symmorphus gracilis - a potter wasp or mason wasp (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Chrysomela populi 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
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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