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Gastrophysa polygoni (L., 1758) (a leaf beetle)

Suggested Literature

Gastrophysa polygoni 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

Gastrophysa polygoni is associated with:

adult Fagopyrum - buckwheats (Polygonaceae) adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Fallopia baldschuanica - Russian Vine (Polygonaceae) adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Persicaria maculosa - Redshank (Polygonaceae) adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Polygonum aviculare agg. - knotgrass [agg.] (Polygonaceae) adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Major Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos adult Rumex - docks (Polygonaceae) adult grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
larva Fagopyrum - buckwheats (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
larva Fallopia baldschuanica - Russian Vine (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Persicaria maculosa - Redshank (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Polygonum - a genus of knotgrasses (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Rumex - docks (Polygonaceae) larva grazes on live, riddled with holes leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Gastrophysa polygoni listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Gastrophysa polygoni:

adult adult is parasitised by colony Nosema gastroideae - a microsporidian Cox, M.L., 2007
adult adult is predated by Saprinus virescens - a carrion beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is parasitoid host of larva Meigenia mutabilis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
larva larva is parasitoid host of larva Bracon fuscipennis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Gastrophysa polygoni may be associated with more 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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