Phyllotreta consobrina (Curtis, 1837)
(Turnip Flea Beetle)

Interactions where Phyllotreta consobrina 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 Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta consobrina/Phyllotreta consobrinaturnip flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rapeleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta consobrina/Phyllotreta consobrinaturnip flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rapeleaf
imago imago grazes on leaf Sinapis wild mustards Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta consobrina/Phyllotreta consobrinaturnip flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis/Sinapiswild mustardsleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Sinapis wild mustards Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phyllotreta consobrina/Phyllotreta consobrinaturnip flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sinapis/Sinapiswild mustardsleaf

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

Phyllotreta consobrina (Turnip Flea Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phyllotreta consobrina (Turnip Flea Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhyllotreta consobrina (Turnip Flea Beetle)
GenusPhyllotreta (a genus of flea beetles)
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 Phyllotreta consobrina (Turnip Flea Beetle)

Phyllotreta consobrina (Turnip 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 Phyllotreta consobrina (Turnip Flea Beetle):

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