Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Cryptocephalus aureolus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult feeds on pollen Chaerophyllum chervils Apiales: Apiaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Chaerophyllum/Chaerophyllumchervilspollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen ASTERACEAE daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite Asterales Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Asteraceaedaisies, dandelions and thistles, compositepollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Hieracium hawkweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedspollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Hypochaeris cat’s-ears Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hypochaeris/Hypochaeriscat's-earspollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Leontodon hawkbits Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Leontodon/Leontodonhawkbitspollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse-ear-hawkweed Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pilosella officinarum/Pilosella officinarummouse-ear hawkweed, mouse-ear-hawkweedpollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Anthyllis vulneraria Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerspollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Geranium sanguineum Bloody Crane’s-bill Geraniales: Geraniaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium sanguineum/Geranium sanguineumbloody crane’s-billpollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Helianthemum rock-roses Malvales: Cistaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum/Helianthemumrock-rosespollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Tuberaria guttata Spotted Rock-rose Malvales: Cistaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Tuberaria guttata/Tuberaria guttataspotted rock-rosepollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Ranunculus buttercups and crowfoots Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootspollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Rosa spinosissima Burnet Rose Rosales: Rosaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa spinosissima/Rosa spinosissimaburnet rosepollen (4-)5-6(-9)
adult adult feeds on pollen Major [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantspollenMajor (4-)5-6(-9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
GenusCryptocephalus (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications

Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
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