Cryptocephalus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Cryptocephalus bipunctatus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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			Cytisus scoparius	Broom	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus scoparius/	Cytisus scoparius	broom							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Alnus incana	Grey Alder	Fagales: Betulaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus incana/	Alnus incana	grey alder							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Salix cinerea	Grey Willow, Common Sallow	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea/	Salix cinerea	grey willow, common sallow							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on flower			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 bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum/	Helianthemum	rock-roses			flower				(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Rhamnus cathartica	Buckthorn, Purging Buckthorn	Rosales: Rhamnaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Rhamnus cathartica/	Rhamnus cathartica	buckthorn, purging buckthorn							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn, Sloe	Rosales: Rosaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/	Prunus spinosa	blackthorn, sloe							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on			Rosa canina agg.	dog rose	Rosales: Rosaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa canina agg./	Rosa canina agg.	dog rose							(4-late 8)
adult		adult may be found on near ant nest			Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken	Polypodiales: Dennstaedtiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bipunctatus/	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dennstaedtiaceae/Pteridium aquilinum/	Pteridium aquilinum	bracken		near ant nest					(4-late 8)

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cryptocephalus bipunctatus (a leaf beetle)
Genus	Cryptocephalus (a genus of leaf beetles)
Subfamily	CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cryptocephalus bipunctatus is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cryptocephalus bipunctatus (a leaf beetle)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

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

Cryptocephalus
(a genus of leaf beetles)

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE
(a subfamily of leaf beetles)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

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

Cryptocephalus
(a genus of leaf beetles)

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE
(a subfamily of leaf beetles)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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