Oomorphus concolor (Sturm, 1807)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Oomorphus concolor 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			Aegopodium podagraria	Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Aegopodium podagraria/	Aegopodium podagraria	ground elder, ground-elder, goutweed, bishop’s weed			leaf				(4-2)
adult		adult grazes on live leaf			Astrantia major	Astrantia	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Astrantia major/	Astrantia major	astrantia		live	leaf				(4-2)
adult		adult may be found among roots			Daucus carota ssp gummifer	Sea Carrot	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / among		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota subsp. gummifer/	Daucus carota subsp. gummifer	sea carrot			roots				(4-2)
adult		adult grazes on leaf			Hedera helix	Ivy	Apiales: Araliaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera helix/	Hedera helix	ivy			leaf			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced	(4-2)
adult		adult may be found among litter			Hedera helix	Ivy	Apiales: Araliaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera helix/	Hedera helix	ivy				litter			(4-2)
adult		adult may be found on plant			Hedera helix	Ivy	Apiales: Araliaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera helix/	Hedera helix	ivy				plant			(4-2)
larva (cased)		cased larva may be found among litter			Hedera helix	Ivy	Apiales: Araliaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle		cased		larva	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera helix/	Hedera helix	ivy				litter
larva (nocturnal)		nocturnal larva feeds on fresh, green stem			Hedera helix	Ivy	Apiales: Araliaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Hedera helix/	Hedera helix	ivy		fresh, green	stem		Sole
larva (nocturnal)		nocturnal larva feeds on fresh, green petiole			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oomorphus concolor/	Oomorphus concolor	a leaf beetle		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants		fresh, green	petiole

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Oomorphus concolor (a leaf beetle)
Subfamily	LAMPROSOMATINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Oomorphus concolor is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oomorphus concolor (a leaf beetle)

Oomorphus concolor (a leaf beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Oomorphus concolor (a leaf beetle):

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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