Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius, 1775)
(a flea beetle)

Interactions where Sphaeroderma testaceum 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 Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Sphaeroderma testaceum/Sphaeroderma testaceuma flea beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlesleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf Carduus a genus of thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Sphaeroderma testaceum/Sphaeroderma testaceuma flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Carduus/Carduusa genus of thistlesleaf
larva larva grazes on Centaurea knapweeds and star-thistles Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Sphaeroderma testaceum/Sphaeroderma testaceuma flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Centaurea/Centaureaknapweeds and star-thistles
larva larva grazes on Cirsium thistle Asterales: Asteraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Sphaeroderma testaceum/Sphaeroderma testaceuma flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cirsium/Cirsiumthistle

Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sphaeroderma testaceum (a 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:
SpeciesSphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle)
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 Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sphaeroderma testaceum (a flea beetle):

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