| Attelabus nitens | |
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| Attelabus nitens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. [1] [2] Commonly known as the oak leaf-roller, it derives its name from the female's behavior of rolling itself in oak leaves after laying an egg. [3]
