Attelabus nitens | |
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Attelabus nitens | |
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 | |
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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Trachelophorus is a genus of weevils in the leaf-rolling weevil family Attelabidae.
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