Phaedon concinnus Stephens, 1834
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Phaedon concinnus 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 grazes on leaf Triglochin maritimum Sea Arrowgrass Alismatales: Juncaginaceae 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/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Juncaginaceae/Triglochin maritimum/Triglochin maritimumsea arrowgrassleaf (4-10)
adult adult may be found on base Triglochin maritimum Sea Arrowgrass Alismatales: Juncaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Juncaginaceae/Triglochin maritimum/Triglochin maritimumsea arrowgrassbase (4-10)
larva larva grazes on leaf Triglochin maritimum Sea Arrowgrass Alismatales: Juncaginaceae 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/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Juncaginaceae/Triglochin maritimum/Triglochin maritimumsea arrowgrassleaf (early 6-8)
adult adult grazes on leaf Cochlearia anglica English Scurvygrass Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cochlearia anglica/Cochlearia anglicaenglish scurvygrassleaf (4-10)
larva larva grazes on leaf Cochlearia anglica English Scurvygrass Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Cochlearia anglica/Cochlearia anglicaenglish scurvygrassleaf (early 6-8)
adult adult grazes on leaf Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/Plantago maritimasea plantainleaf (4-10)
adult adult may be found on base Plantago maritima Sea Plantain Lamiales: Plantaginaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Plantago maritima/Plantago maritimasea plantainbase (4-10)
adult adult grazes on leaf Foreign Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupleaf (4-10)
adult adult grazes on flower Foreign Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phaedon concinnus/Phaedon concinnusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupflower (4-10)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhaedon concinnus (a leaf beetle)
GenusPhaedon (a genus of leaf beetles)
SubfamilyCHRYSOMELINAE (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 Phaedon concinnus (a leaf beetle)

Phaedon concinnus (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 Phaedon concinnus (a leaf beetle):

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