Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847
(a leaf beetle)

Interactions where Cryptocephalus aureolus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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			Chaerophyllum	chervils	Apiales: Apiaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Chaerophyllum/	Chaerophyllum	chervils				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			ASTERACEAE	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite	Asterales	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/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/	Asteraceae	daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Hieracium	hawkweeds	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/	Hieracium	hawkweeds				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Hypochaeris	cat’s-ears	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hypochaeris/	Hypochaeris	cat's-ears				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Leontodon	hawkbits	Asterales: Asteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Leontodon/	Leontodon	hawkbits				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Pilosella officinarum	Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse-ear-hawkweed	Asterales: Asteraceae	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/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pilosella officinarum/	Pilosella officinarum	mouse-ear hawkweed, mouse-ear-hawkweed				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Anthyllis vulneraria	Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers	Fabales: Fabaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Geranium sanguineum	Bloody Crane’S-bill	Geraniales: Geraniaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Geranium sanguineum/	Geranium sanguineum	bloody crane’s-bill				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Helianthemum	rock-roses	Malvales: Cistaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum/	Helianthemum	rock-roses				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Tuberaria guttata	Spotted Rock-rose	Malvales: Cistaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Tuberaria guttata/	Tuberaria guttata	spotted rock-rose				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots	Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus/	Ranunculus	buttercups and crowfoots				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Rosa spinosissima	Burnet Rose	Rosales: Rosaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa spinosissima/	Rosa spinosissima	burnet rose				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			[Herbaceous Plants]	herbaceous plants		Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/	Herbaceous Plants	herbaceous plants				pollen	Major		(4-)5-6(-9)

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Cryptocephalus aureolus (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)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)
Genus	Cryptocephalus (a genus of leaf beetles)
Subfamily	CRYPTOCEPHALINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed 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)

Cryptocephalus aureolus 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 Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle)

Identification Works

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

Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cryptocephalus
(a genus of leaf beetles)

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 Cryptocephalus aureolus (a leaf beetle):

Cryptocephalus
(a genus of leaf beetles)

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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