Donacia dentata Hoppe, 1795
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia dentata 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 leaf (upper surface) AlismaQuestionable water-plantains Alismatales: Alismataceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/Alismawater-plantains?leaf (upper surface) (3-)5-8)
adult adult feeds on leaf (upper surface) Sagittaria sagittifolia Arrowhead Alismatales: Alismataceae 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/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadleaf (upper surface) (3-)5-8)
cocoon (subaquatic) subaquatic cocoon may be found among submerged roots Major Sagittaria sagittifolia Arrowhead Alismatales: Alismataceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticcocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadsubmergedrootsMajor
larva (subaquatic) subaquatic larva feeds on submerged root Major Sagittaria sagittifolia Arrowhead Alismatales: Alismataceae 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/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadsubmergedrootMajor
larva (subaquatic) subaquatic larva feeds on submerged leaf axil Major Sagittaria sagittifolia Arrowhead Alismatales: Alismataceae 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/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticlarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/Sagittaria sagittifoliaarrowheadsubmergedleaf axilMajor
cocoon (subaquatic) subaquatic cocoon may be found among submerged roots Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticcocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgessubmergedroots
larva (subaquatic) subaquatic larva may be found among submerged root Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetlesubaquaticlarva Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgessubmergedroot
adult adult feeds on pollen? Nuphar luteaQuestionable Yellow Water-lily Nymphaeales: Nymphaeaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia dentata/Donacia dentataa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar lutea/Nuphar luteayellow water-lily?pollen? (3-)5-8)

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

Donacia dentata (a reed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Donacia dentata (a reed beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDonacia dentata (a reed beetle)
GenusDonacia (a genus of reed beetles)
SubfamilyDONACIINAE (reed 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 Donacia dentata (a reed beetle)

Donacia dentata (a reed beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Donacia dentata (a reed beetle):

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