Donacia versicolorea (Brahm, 1791)
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia versicolorea 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 leaf			Sagittaria	arrowheads	Alismatales: Alismataceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Sagittaria/	Sagittaria	arrowheads			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Potamogeton natans	Broad-leaved Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	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 versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/	Potamogeton natans	broad-leaved pondweed			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Potamogeton natans	Broad-leaved Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	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 versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton natans/	Potamogeton natans	broad-leaved pondweed			leaf
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Potamogeton polygonifolius	Bog Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton polygonifolius/	Potamogeton polygonifolius	bog pondweed			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Potamogeton polygonifolius	Bog Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton polygonifolius/	Potamogeton polygonifolius	bog pondweed			leaf
adult		adult may be found on leaf			Glyceria	sweet-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)
adult		adult may be found on leaf			Sparganium	bur-reeds	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/	Sparganium	bur-reeds			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)
adult		adult may be found on leaf			Nymphaea alba	White 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 versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaea alba/	Nymphaea alba	white water-lily			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Donacia versicolorea (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 versicolorea (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 versicolorea 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 versicolorea (a reed beetle)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds)	2006	A Coleopterist's handbook	The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
	Cox, M.L.	2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Donacia versicolorea (a reed beetle) may also 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 versicolorea (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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