Taxonomy
- Polyphaga
- Chrysomeloidea
- Chrysomelidae
- Donacia
- Donacia clavipes
Images
Source: Roger Key
Source: Malcolm Greenwood
Description
Size: 8.3-10.5mm
Basic colour: Shiny metallic brassy-green to coppery.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Red-brown
Basic colour: Shiny metallic brassy-green to coppery.
Pattern colour: None
Number of spots: None
Pronotoum: As basic colour
Leg colour: Red-brown
Palaearctic.
Biology
Status: Widespread and locally abundant, but widely scattered. Scarce (Notable B)
Habitat: Common reed (Phragmites australis) beds in various situations.
Host plant: Common reed (Phragmites australis)
Overwintering: Three-year life cycle with adults overwintering in cocoons.
Food: Adults on young leaf-shoots, larvae on roots.
Habitat: Common reed (Phragmites australis) beds in various situations.
Host plant: Common reed (Phragmites australis)
Overwintering: Three-year life cycle with adults overwintering in cocoons.
Food: Adults on young leaf-shoots, larvae on roots.
Articles
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(2012), Donacia clavipes Fabricius and Hydrothassa glabra (Herbst) (Chrysomelidae) in Nottinghamshire VC 56 The Coleopterist 21(2):102