Psylliodes chrysocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle)

Interactions where Psylliodes chrysocephala 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
imago imago grazes on leaf BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes chrysocephala/Psylliodes chrysocephalacabbage stem flea beetle, cabbage-stem flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Restricted BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes chrysocephala/Psylliodes chrysocephalacabbage stem flea beetle, cabbage-stem flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.leafSole
imago imago grazes on leaf Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes chrysocephala/Psylliodes chrysocephalacabbage stem flea beetle, cabbage-stem flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rapeleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Brassica cabbages, mustards, turnips and rape Brassicales: Brassicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Psylliodes chrysocephala/Psylliodes chrysocephalacabbage stem flea beetle, cabbage-stem flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica/Brassicacabbages, mustards, turnips and rapeleaf

Psylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle)
GenusPsylliodes (a genus of flea beetles)
TribeAlticini (flea beetles)
SubfamilyGALERUCINAE (a subfamily of leaf and flea beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle)

Psylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Psylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle, Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle):

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