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Species of beetle

Attelabus nitens
Attelabus nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Attelabidae
Subfamily: Attelabinae
Genus: Attelabus
Species: A. nitens
Binomial name
Attelabus nitens
Voss, 1925

Attelabus nitens is a species of leaf-rolling weevil in the beetle family Attelabidae, found in Europe. 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.

Gallery

  • Oak roller weevil (Attelabus nitens) on oak leaf
  • Attelabus nitens Attelabus nitens

References

  1. "Attelabus nitens". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. 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.
  3. Chinery, Michael (2012). Insects. . ISBN 978-0-00-714624-6.

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