Donacia thalassina Germar, 1811
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia thalassina 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 pollen			Iris pseudacorus	Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag	Asparagales: Iridaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Iris pseudacorus/	Iris pseudacorus	yellow iris, yellow flag	?		pollen				(5)
adult		adult feeds on leaf			Bolboschoenus maritimus	Sea Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Bolboschoenus maritimus/	Bolboschoenus maritimus	sea club-rush			leaf				(6-8)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	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 thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges	?		pollen				(5)
adult		adult feeds on leaf			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	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 thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges	?		leaf				(6-8)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge	?		pollen		Major		(5)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Carex rostrata	Bottle Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex rostrata/	Carex rostrata	bottle sedge			pollen				(5)
larva		larva feeds on root			Carex vesicaria	Bladder-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex vesicaria/	Carex vesicaria	bladder-sedge			root
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Eleocharis	spike-rushes	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis/	Eleocharis	spike-rushes	?		pollen				(5)
larva		larva feeds on root			Eleocharis	spike-rushes	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis/	Eleocharis	spike-rushes	?		root
adult		adult feeds on leaf			Eleocharis palustris	Common Spike-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis palustris/	Eleocharis palustris	common spike-rush			leaf				(6-8)
egg		egg may be found on underwater scale leaf (inner side)			Eleocharis palustris	Common Spike-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				egg	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eleocharis palustris/	Eleocharis palustris	common spike-rush		underwater	scale leaf (inner side)
adult		adult feeds on leaf			Schoenoplectus	club-rushes	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenoplectus/	Schoenoplectus	club-rushes			leaf				(6-8)
adult		adult feeds on leaf			[Scirpus s.l.]	club-rushes etc	Poales: Cyperaceae	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 thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Scirpus s.l./	Scirpus s.l.	club-rushes etc			leaf				(6-8)
adult		adult feeds on leaf			Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha/	Typha	bulrushes, reedmaces			leaf				(6-8)
larva		larva feeds on root			Typha angustifolia	Lesser Bulrush	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush			root

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Donacia thalassina (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 thalassina (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 thalassina 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 thalassina (a reed beetle)

Donacia thalassina (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 thalassina (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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