''Donacia semicuprea'' is a species of leaf beetles of the subfamily of Donaciinae.

Distribution

The species can be found in the following European territories: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad region, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, mainland Norway, Poland, Romania, all of Russia except the north, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Serbia. Kosovo, and Montenegro.

Ecology and habitats

Adult beetles feed on leaves of ''

Glyceria maxima ''Glyceria maxima'' (syn. ''G. aquatica'' (L.) Wahlenb.; ''G. spectabilis'' Mert. & W.D.J. Koch; ''Molinia maxima'' Hartm.; ''Poa aquatica'' L.), commonly known as great manna grass, reed mannagrass, reed sweet-grass, and greater sweet-grass is a ...

'' and ''

Glyceria notata ''Glyceria notata'', the plicate sweet-grass or marked glyceria, is an invasive specie part of the rhizomatous family. tufted, perennial grasses in the mannagrass genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological cl ...

''. The pupa develops among the roots of ''

Sparganium erectum ''Sparganium erectum'', the simplestem bur-reed or branched bur-reed, is a perennial plant species in the genus ''Sparganium ''Sparganium'' (bur-reed) is a genus of flowering plants, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. It is widespread ...

''. The larvae feed on roots and

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

of the large Manik ('' Glyceria'').

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q515362 Beetles described in 1796 Donaciinae Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer Beetles of Europe