The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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larva | larva feeds on root | Sparganium angustifolium | Floating Bur-reed | Poales: Typhaceae | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 |
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adult | adult may be found on leaf | Sparganium emersum | Unbranched Bur-reed | Poales: Typhaceae | Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007 |
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adult | adult may be found on leaf | Sparganium erectum | Branched Bur-reed | Poales: Typhaceae | 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 |
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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 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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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 |
Donacia sparganii (a reed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Donacia sparganii (a reed beetle) |
Donacia sparganii (a reed beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Donacia sparganii (a reed beetle):
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