Plateumaris discolor (Panzer, 1795)
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Plateumaris discolor 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 feeds on pollen? Caltha palustris Marsh-marigold Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Caltha palustris/Caltha palustrismarsh-marigoldpollen? (3-)6(-12)
adult adult feeds on pollen? UK/IrelandMajor Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae 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/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/Carexsedgespollen?Major (3-)6(-12)
adult adult feeds on pollen? Eriophorum cottongrasses, bog-cottons Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/Eriophorumcottongrasses, bog-cottonspollen? (3-)6(-12)
cocoon cocoon may be found among root Eriophorum cottongrasses, bog-cottons Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetlecocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/Eriophorumcottongrasses, bog-cottonsroot
larva larva feeds on root Eriophorum cottongrasses, bog-cottons Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/Eriophorumcottongrasses, bog-cottonsroot
larva larva feeds on rhizome Eriophorum cottongrasses, bog-cottons Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/Eriophorumcottongrasses, bog-cottonsrhizome
adult adult feeds on pollen? Trichophorum alpinum Cotton Deergrass Poales: Cyperaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Trichophorum alpinum/Trichophorum alpinumcotton deergrasspollen? (3-)6(-12)
adult adult feeds on pollen? Glyceria sweet-grasses Poales: Poaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/Glyceriasweet-grassespollen? (3-)6(-12)
adult adult feeds on pollen? Sparganium natans Least Bur-reed Poales: Typhaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris discolor/Plateumaris discolora reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium natans/Sparganium natansleast bur-reedpollen? (3-)6(-12)

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

Plateumaris discolor (a reed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Plateumaris discolor (a reed beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlateumaris discolor (a reed beetle)
GenusPlateumaris (a genus of reed beetles)
SubfamilyDONACIINAE (reed 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 Plateumaris discolor (a reed beetle)

Plateumaris discolor (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 Plateumaris discolor (a reed beetle):

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