BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Donacia obscura Gyllenhal, 1813 (a leaf beetle)

Suggested Literature

Donacia obscura 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)
Donacia
(a genus of leaf beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Donacia obscura is associated with:

Photos adult Carex - sedges (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on pollen Bullock, J.A., 1992
adult Carex rostrata - Bottle Sedge (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on pollen Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Rhynchospora - a beak-sedges (Cyperaceae) adult may be found on Cox, M.L., 2007 [in Scotland]

There may be more taxa associated with Donacia obscura listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Donacia obscura:

Donacia obscura 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
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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