Oulema obscura (Stephens, 1831)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Oulema obscura 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 Cirsium arvense Creeping Thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium arvense/Cirsium arvensecreeping thistle (7-)
adult adult may be found on Ulex gorses Fabales: Fabaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ulex/Ulexgorses (7-)
adult adult may be found on Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaks (7-)
adult adult may be found on Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplars (7-)
adult adult may be found on Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillows (7-)
adult adult may be found on Ranunculus buttercups and crowfoots Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/Ranunculusbuttercups and crowfoots (7-)
adult adult may be found on Prunus spinosa Blackthorn, Sloe Rosales: Rosaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/Prunus spinosablackthorn, sloe (7-)
adult adult feeds on leaf POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchleaf
larva larva feeds on leaf POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchleaf
adult adult feeds on leaf Glyceria fluitans Floating Sweet-grass Poales: Poaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/Oulema obscuraa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/Glyceria fluitansfloating sweet-grassleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOulema obscura (a leaf beetle)
GenusOulema (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCRIOCERINAE (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 Oulema obscura (a leaf beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Oulema obscura (a leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Haeselbarth, E. 1989 Über die Larven einiger beim Weizenhähnchen Oulema lichenis (Voet,1806) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) parasitierende Schlupfwespen (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 10 (27): 425-444.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Oulema obscura (a leaf beetle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Oulema obscura (a leaf beetle)
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