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Attelabus nitens

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Attelabus nitens
Attelabus nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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] 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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References

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