Cryptocephalus labiatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Cryptocephalus labiatus 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
adult adult may be found on Sinapis wild mustards Brassicales: Brassicaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis/Sinapiswild mustards (3-11)
adult adult grazes on live leaf Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrelliveleaf (3-11)
adult adult may be found on Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Ericales: Ericaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium myrtillus/Vaccinium myrtillusbilberry (3-11)
adult adult may be found on Genista anglica Petty Whin Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Genista anglica/Genista anglicapetty whin (3-11)
adult adult feeds on pollen? 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 labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchespollen? (3-11)
adult adult grazes on live leaf Major 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 labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesliveleafMajor (3-11)
larva larva grazes in mobile case on leaf Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesleaf
larva larva grazes in mobile case on leaf Corylus avellana Hazel Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/Corylus avellanahazelleaf
adult adult grazes on live leaf Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksliveleaf (3-11)
larva larva grazes in mobile case on leaf Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / mobile cased feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksleaf
adult adult may be found on Hypericum St John’s worts Malpighiales: Hypericaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum/HypericumSt John's worts (3-11)
adult adult may be found on Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet Rosales: Rosaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Filipendula ulmaria/Filipendula ulmariameadowsweet (3-11)
adult adult may be found on Fragaria strawberries Rosales: Rosaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Fragaria/Fragariastrawberries (3-11)
adult adult may be found on flower [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsflower (3-11)
adult adult may be found on flower POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus labiatus/Cryptocephalus labiatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchflower (3-11)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCryptocephalus labiatus (a leaf beetle)
GenusCryptocephalus (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf 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 Cryptocephalus labiatus (a leaf beetle)

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

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

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