Attelabus nitens

Attelabus nitens
	Attelabus nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
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] It is so named because the female has a habit of rolling itself on oak leaves after laying an egg.^[3]

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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.

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[gbif-1] "Attelabus nitens". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

[zdenka2016-2] 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. [CollinsGem]. ISBN 978-0-00-714624-6.

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