Donacia semicuprea Panzer, 1796
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia semicuprea 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
larva larva grazes on leaf Glyceria sweet-grasses Poales: Poaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia semicuprea/Donacia semicupreaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/Glyceriasweet-grassesleaf
adult (gregarious) gregarious adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface) Major Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass Poales: Poaceae 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 semicuprea/Donacia semicupreaa reed beetlegregariousadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/Glyceria maximareed sweet-grasswindowedleaf (upper surface)Major (4-10)
larva larva feeds on root? Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass Poales: Poaceae 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 semicuprea/Donacia semicupreaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/Glyceria maximareed sweet-grassroot?
adult (gregarious) gregarious adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface) Minor Glyceria notata Plicate Sweet-grass Poales: Poaceae 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 semicuprea/Donacia semicupreaa reed beetlegregariousadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria notata/Glyceria notataplicate sweet-grasswindowedleaf (upper surface)Minor (4-10)
cocoon cocoon is associated with Sparganium erectum Branched Bur-reed Poales: Typhaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia semicuprea/Donacia semicupreaa reed beetlecocoon Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDonacia semicuprea (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 semicuprea (a reed beetle)

Donacia semicuprea (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 semicuprea (a reed beetle):

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