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Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1824) (Celery Leaf Beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Phaedon tumidulus Imago 6 April 1974 (Yorks) England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

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

Phaedon tumidulus 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

Phaedon tumidulus is associated with:

Photos adult Apiaceae - umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Aegopodium podagraria - Ground Elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Angelica sylvestris - Wild Angelica (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley, Keck (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Apium - fool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeries (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Chaerophyllum - chervils (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Daucus carota ssp. carota - Wild Carrot (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Daucus carota ssp. gummifer - Sea Carrot (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Foeniculum vulgare - Fennel (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Heracleum mantegazzianum - Giant Hogweed (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
adult Ligusticum scoticum - Scottish Lovage (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Pastinaca sativa - Wild Parsnip (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
adult Petroselinum - parsleys (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Smyrnium olusatrum - Alexanders (Apiaceae) adult grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos adult Angelica sylvestris - Wild Angelica (Apiaceae) adult visits for nectar and/or pollen live flower (pollen?) Minor Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Apiaceae - umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae larva grazes on live leaf Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Aegopodium podagraria - Ground Elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Angelica sylvestris - Wild Angelica (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow Parsley, Keck (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Apium - fool's water-cresses, marshworts & celeries (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Chaerophyllum - chervils (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Daucus carota ssp. carota - Wild Carrot (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Daucus carota ssp. gummifer - Sea Carrot (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Foeniculum vulgare - Fennel (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Heracleum mantegazzianum - Giant Hogweed (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Heracleum sphondylium - Hogweed (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Bullock, J.A., 1992
larva Ligusticum scoticum - Scottish Lovage (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Pastinaca sativa - Wild Parsnip (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
larva Petroselinum - parsleys (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos larva Smyrnium olusatrum - Alexanders (Apiaceae) larva grazes on live leaf Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007

There may be more taxa associated with Phaedon tumidulus listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Phaedon tumidulus:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Meigenia mutabilis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Belshaw, R., 1993 [NMW]
larva larva is predated by Saprinus - a genus of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Phaedon tumidulus 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
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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