Donacia impressa Paykull, 1799
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Donacia impressa 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 may be found on			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 impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/	Carex	sedges							(4-11)
adult		adult may be found on			Carex acuta	Slender Tufted-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/	Carex acuta	slender tufted-sedge
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Carex acutiformis	Lesser Pond-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acutiformis/	Carex acutiformis	lesser pond-sedge			pollen		Major		(5-6)
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Carex paniculata	Greater Tussock-sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex paniculata/	Carex paniculata	greater tussock-sedge			pollen		Major		(5-6)
adult		adult may be found on			Carex pseudocyperus	Cyperus Sedge	Poales: Cyperaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pseudocyperus/	Carex pseudocyperus	cyperus sedge
adult		adult feeds on pollen			Schoenoplectus lacustris	Common Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	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 impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenoplectus lacustris/	Schoenoplectus lacustris	common club-rush			pollen				(8-9)
larva		larva feeds on rhizome			Schoenoplectus lacustris	Common Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenoplectus lacustris/	Schoenoplectus lacustris	common club-rush			rhizome
larva		larva feeds on root			Schoenoplectus lacustris	Common Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenoplectus lacustris/	Schoenoplectus lacustris	common club-rush			root
pupa		pupa may be found among rootlets (near rhizome)			Schoenoplectus lacustris	Common Club-rush	Poales: Cyperaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				pupa	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenoplectus lacustris/	Schoenoplectus lacustris	common club-rush			rootlets (near rhizome)				(8)
adult		adult may be found on			Glyceria maxima	Reed Sweet-grass	Poales: Poaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia impressa/	Donacia impressa	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria maxima/	Glyceria maxima	reed sweet-grass

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

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Donacia impressa (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 impressa (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 impressa 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 impressa (a reed beetle)

Donacia impressa (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 impressa (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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