Cryptocephalus fulvus (Goeze, 1777)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Cryptocephalus fulvus 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 may be found on Artemisia mugworts Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia/Artemisiamugworts (5-10)
adult adult grazes on leaf Coincya wrightii Lundy Cabbage Brassicales: Brassicaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Coincya wrightii/Coincya wrightiiLundy cabbageleaf (5-10)
adult adult may be found on Armeria maritima Thrift Caryophyllales: Plumbaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Armeria maritima/Armeria maritimathrift (5-10)
larva larva grazes in mobile case on unopened flower bud Rumex docks Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksunopenedflower bud
larva larva grazes in mobile case on UK/IrelandMajor Rumex acetosellaQuestionable Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrel?Major
adult adult may be found on Genista pilosa Hairy Greenweed Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista pilosa/Genista pilosahairy greenweed (5-10)
adult adult may be found on Lotus bird’s-foot-trefoils Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus/Lotusbird's-foot-trefoils (5-10)
adult adult may be found on Vicia vetches Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia/Viciavetches (5-10)
adult adult may be found on Erodium cicutarium agg. common stork’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 fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Erodium cicutarium agg./Erodium cicutarium agg.common stork's-bill (5-10)
adult adult may be found on Hypericum St John’s worts Malpighiales: Hypericaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's worts (5-10)

Interactions where Cryptocephalus fulvus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
larva is parasitoid host of larva Psilocera obscura a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Psilocera obscura/Psilocera obscuraa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetlelarva larva is parasitoid of larva
larva is parasitoid host of larva Pambolus biglumis a braconid wasp Hymenoptera: Braconidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Pambolus biglumis/Pambolus biglumisa braconid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetlelarva larva is parasitoid of larva
larva is parasitoid host of larva Dimophora evanialis an ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Dimophora evanialis/Dimophora evanialisan ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus fulvus/Cryptocephalus fulvusa leaf beetlelarva larva is parasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptocephalus fulvus (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 fulvus (a leaf beetle)

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

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Cryptocephalus fulvus (a leaf beetle)
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