Attelabus nitens (Scopoli, 1763)
(Oak Leaf-roller)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAttelabus nitens (Oak Leaf-roller)
FamilyATTELABIDAE (a family of leaf-roller weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Attelabus nitens (Oak Leaf-roller) :
1: Attelabus nitens (Oak Leaf-roller)
22 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view (large)Image 2: Dorsal view (small)Image 3: Head - lateral viewImage 4: Head - ventral viewImage 5: Lateral viewImage 6: Ventral view (large)Image 7: Ventral view (small)

Attelabus nitens (Oak Leaf-roller) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Attelabus nitens (Oak Leaf-roller)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Attelabus nitens (Oak Leaf-roller)
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