Altica palustris Weise, 1888
(a flea beetle)

Interactions where Altica palustris 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
imago imago grazes on leaf Lythrum salicaria Purple-loosestrife Myrtales: Lythraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica palustris/Altica palustrisa flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Lythrum salicaria Purple-loosestrife Myrtales: Lythraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica palustris/Altica palustrisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Lythraceae/Lythrum salicaria/Lythrum salicariapurple-loosestrifeleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb, Greater Hairy Willowherb Myrtales: Onagraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica palustris/Altica palustrisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium hirsutum/Epilobium hirsutumgreat willowherb, greater hairy willowherbleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Epilobium parviflorum Hoary Willowherb Myrtales: Onagraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica palustris/Altica palustrisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Onagraceae/Epilobium parviflorum/Epilobium parviflorumhoary willowherbleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Altica palustris (a flea beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Altica palustris (a flea beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAltica palustris (a flea beetle)
GenusAltica (a genus of flea betles)
TribeAlticini (flea beetles)
SubfamilyGALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea 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 Altica palustris (a flea beetle)

Altica palustris (a flea beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Altica palustris (a flea beetle):

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