Donacia dentata Hoppe, 1795
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia dentata 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 feeds on leaf (upper surface)			Alisma	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 dentata	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Alisma/	Alisma	water-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 dentata	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/	Sagittaria sagittifolia	arrowhead			leaf (upper surface)				(3-)5-8)
cocoon (subaquatic)		subaquatic cocoon may be found among submerged roots			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 dentata	a reed beetle		subaquatic		cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/	Sagittaria sagittifolia	arrowhead		submerged	roots		Major
larva (subaquatic)		subaquatic larva feeds on submerged root			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 dentata	a reed beetle		subaquatic		larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/	Sagittaria sagittifolia	arrowhead		submerged	root		Major
larva (subaquatic)		subaquatic larva feeds on submerged leaf axil			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 dentata	a reed beetle		subaquatic		larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria sagittifolia/	Sagittaria sagittifolia	arrowhead		submerged	leaf axil		Major
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 dentata	a reed beetle		subaquatic		cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		submerged	roots
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 dentata	a reed beetle		subaquatic		larva	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges		submerged	root
adult		adult feeds on pollen?			Nuphar lutea	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 dentata	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nuphar lutea/	Nuphar lutea	yellow water-lily	?		pollen?				(3-)5-8)

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Donacia dentata (a reed 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
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Donacia dentata (a reed beetle)
Genus	Donacia (a genus of reed beetles)
Subfamily	DONACIINAE (reed 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)

Donacia dentata is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Donacia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (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:

DONACIINAE
(reed 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 Donacia dentata (a reed beetle):

DONACIINAE
(reed 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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