Smaragdina affinis (Illiger, 1794)
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Smaragdina affinis 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 is inquiline in nest			FORMICIDAE	ants	Hymenoptera	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				larva	Animal / inquiline	Relationship uncertain		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/	Formicidae	ants			nest
adult		adult grazes on flowering			ASTERACEAE	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite	Asterales	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/	Asteraceae	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite				flowering			(5-6)
adult		adult grazes on leaf?			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches			leaf?		Minor		(5-6)
adult		adult grazes on leaf?			Corylus avellana	Hazel	Fagales: Betulaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus avellana/	Corylus avellana	hazel			leaf?		Major		(5-6)
adult		adult grazes on leaf?			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			leaf?				(5-6)
adult		adult grazes on leaf?			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows			leaf?				(5-6)
adult		adult grazes on leaf?			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Smaragdina affinis/	Smaragdina affinis	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns			leaf?				(5-6)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Smaragdina affinis (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	Smaragdina affinis (a leaf beetle)
Subfamily	CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (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)

Smaragdina affinis 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 Smaragdina affinis (a leaf beetle)

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

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE
(a subfamily of leaf beetles)

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 Smaragdina affinis (a leaf beetle):

CRYPTOCEPHALINAE
(a subfamily of leaf beetles)

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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