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Phratora vitellinae (L.) (Brassy Willow Beetle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Phratora vitellinae? Pupa 7 July 2004 North Hampshire England 6
Phratora vitellinae? Imago 7 July 2004 North Hampshire England 1 5
Phratora vitellinae? Larva 7 July 2004 North Hampshire England 1 9

Suggested Literature

Phratora vitellinae 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

Phratora vitellinae is associated with:

Photos imago Populus - poplars (Salicaceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos imago Salix - willows (Salicaceae) imago grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Populus - poplars (Salicaceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos larva Salix - willows (Salicaceae) larva grazes on leaf Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Phratora vitellinae listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Phratora vitellinae:

is endoparasitoid host of larva Anthomyiopsis nigrisquamata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
abdomen, imago abdomen of imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Medina separata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
imago imago is endoparasitoid host of larva Leiophora innoxia - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [Coll: P. Chandler]

Phratora vitellinae 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

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