Galerucella lineola (Fabricius, 1781)
(Brown Willow Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalerucella lineola (Brown Willow Beetle)
GenusGalerucella (a genus of leaf beetles)
TribeGalerucini (a tribe of leaf 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)
Records of Galerucella lineola (Brown Willow Beetle) :
1: Galerucella lineola (Brown Willow Beetle)
28 May 2005 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
egg mass on Grey Sallow leaf
Image 1: Feeding damage - leaf upper sideImage 2: Feeding damage - leaf under sideImage 3: Feeding damage - transmitted lightImage 4: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Adult - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Adult - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 7: Egg batch - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Egg batch - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Egg batch - highly enlargedImage 10: Egg batch - magnifiedImage 11: Egg surface - magnifiedImage 12: Larvae - newly hatched - magnifiedImage 13: Larvae - part grown - and feeding pits on leaf under-surface - highly enlargedImage 14: Larvae - part grown - in feeding pits on leaf under-surface - highly enlargedImage 15: Larvae - well grown - enlargedImage 16: Larvae - well grown - highly enlargedImage 17: Larvae - well grown - highly enlarged (2)Image 18: Larvae - well grown - highly enlarged (3)Image 19: Larva - part grown - in feeding pit on leaf under-surface - highly enlargedImage 20: Pupae - dorsal views - highly enlargedImage 21: Pupae - enlargedImage 22: Pupae - lateral and dorsal views - highly enlargedImage 23: Pupae - lateral and ventral views - highly enlargedImage 24: Pupae - lateral and ventral views - highly enlarged (2)

Galerucella lineola (Brown Willow Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Galerucella lineola (Brown Willow Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Galerucella lineola (Brown Willow Beetle)
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