Attelabus nitens
Attelabus nitens is a species of leaf-rolling weevil in the beetle family Attelabidae, found in Europe.[1][2] Known as the oak leaf-roller, it is so named because the female has a habit of rolling itself in oak leaves after laying an egg.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Attelabidae |
| Subfamily: | Attelabinae |
| Genus: | Attelabus |
| Species: | A. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Attelabus nitens Voss, 1925 | |
Gallery
- Oak roller weevil (Attelabus nitens) on oak leaf
Attelabus nitens
References
- "Attelabus nitens". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- Urbanová, Zdeňka; Urban, Jaroslav (2016). "Attelabus Nitens (Scop.) – an Abundant but Biologically Little Known Species from the Family of Attelabidae (Coleoptera)". Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis. 64 (5). doi:10.11118/actaun201664051675.
- Chinery, Michael (2012). Insects. [CollinsGem]. ISBN 978-0-00-714624-6.
External links
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