Donacia cinerea Herbst, 1784
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia cinerea 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
larva		larva is associated with roots			Carex	sedges	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				larva	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges			roots
cocoon		cocoon may be found among roots			Sparganium erectum	Branched Bur-reed	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/	Sparganium erectum	branched bur-reed			roots		Minor
adult		adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)			Typha angustifolia	Lesser Bulrush	Poales: Typhaceae	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/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		windowed	leaf (upper surface)		Major		(3-)4-7(-11)
cocoon		cocoon may be found among roots			Typha angustifolia	Lesser Bulrush	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush			roots
larva		larva feeds on roots			Typha angustifolia	Lesser Bulrush	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush	?		roots
adult		adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)			Typha latifolia	Bulrush, Greater Reedmace	Poales: Typhaceae	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/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/	Typha latifolia	bulrush, greater reedmace		windowed	leaf (upper surface)		Major		(3-)4-7(-11)
cocoon		cocoon may be found among roots			Typha latifolia	Bulrush, Greater Reedmace	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/	Typha latifolia	bulrush, greater reedmace			roots
larva		larva feeds on roots			Typha latifolia	Bulrush, Greater Reedmace	Poales: Typhaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/	Typha latifolia	bulrush, greater reedmace			roots

Donacia cinerea (a reed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Donacia cinerea (a reed 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	Donacia cinerea (a reed beetle)
Genus	Donacia (a genus of reed beetles)
Subfamily	DONACIINAE (reed 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)

Donacia cinerea is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Donacia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Donacia cinerea (a reed beetle)

Donacia cinerea (a reed beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DONACIINAE
(reed 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 Donacia cinerea (a reed beetle):

DONACIINAE
(reed 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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