Luperus longicornis (Fabricius, 1781)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Luperus longicornis 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
larva larva feeds on Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Luperus longicornis/Luperus longicornisa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder
feeds on Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Luperus longicornis/Luperus longicornisa leaf beetle Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirches
imago imago grazes on leaf Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Luperus longicornis/Luperus longicornisa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Luperus longicornis/Luperus longicornisa leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsleaf

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLuperus longicornis (a leaf beetle)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Luperus longicornis (a leaf beetle)

Luperus longicornis (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 Luperus longicornis (a leaf beetle):

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