Prasocuris marginella (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Prasocuris marginella 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 feeds on Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/Caltha palustrismarsh-marigold
imago imago grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Ranunculus buttercups and crowfoots Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf UK/Ireland Ranunculus buttercups and crowfoots Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsleaf
larva larva grazes on flower UK/Ireland Ranunculus buttercups and crowfoots Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Prasocuris marginella/Prasocuris marginellaa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfootsflower

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPrasocuris marginella (a leaf beetle)
GenusPrasocuris (a genus of 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 Prasocuris marginella (a leaf beetle)

Prasocuris marginella (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 Prasocuris marginella (a leaf beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 20 images of Prasocuris marginella (a leaf beetle)
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