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Pilemostoma fastuosa (Schaller, 1783) (a tortoise beetle)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds), 2006 (Colour photograph) A Coleopterist's handbook
Cox, M.L., 2007 (Colour photograph) Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

Pilemostoma fastuosa 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

Pilemostoma fastuosa is associated with:

Photos imago Inula conyzae - Ploughman’s-spikenard (Asteraceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Inula conyzae - Ploughman’s-spikenard (Asteraceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Pilemostoma fastuosa listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Pilemostoma fastuosa:

Pilemostoma fastuosa 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

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