BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Donacia thalassina Germar, 1811 (a leaf beetle)

Suggested Literature

Donacia thalassina 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 thalassina is associated with:

Photos adult Bolboschoenus maritimus - Sea Club-rush (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Carex - sedges (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Carex - sedges (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on pollen Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Carex acutiformis - Lesser Pond-sedge (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on pollen Questionable Major Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Carex rostrata - Bottle Sedge (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on pollen Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Eleocharis - spike-rushes (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on pollen Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Eleocharis palustris - Common Spike-rush (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Schoenoplectus - club-rushes (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Scirpus s.l. (Cyperaceae) adult feeds on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Iris pseudacorus - Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag (Iridaceae) adult feeds on pollen Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Typhaceae - bulrushes adult feeds on leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos egg Eleocharis palustris - Common Spike-rush (Cyperaceae) egg may be found on underwater scale leaf (inner side) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Carex vesicaria - Bladder-sedge (Cyperaceae) larva feeds on root Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Eleocharis - spike-rushes (Cyperaceae) larva feeds on root Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Typha angustifolia - Lesser Bulrush (Typhaceae) larva feeds on root Cox, M.L., 2007

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Donacia thalassina:

Donacia thalassina 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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