Phyllobius roboretanus Gredler, 1882
(Small Green Nettle Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
GenusPhyllobius (a genus of leaf weevils)
TribeOtiorhynchini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true 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 Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil) :
1: Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
26 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
male and female, swept off Hazel
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male (L) and female (R) - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
26 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Male, swept off vegetative Dogwood regrowth
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified - pale background
3: Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
30 Apr 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Mating pair, on Wood Avens
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male (L) and female (R) - dorsal views - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Mating pair - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Mating pair - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Mating pair - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 9: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 11: Mating pair - posterior view - close-up - highly enlarged
4: Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
25 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Hazel
Image 1: Antenna - from aboveImage 2: Dorsal viewImage 3: Dorsal view (2)Image 4: Dorsal view (3)Image 5: Dorsal view (4)Image 6: Hard - side view - close-upImage 7: Head and thorax - from aboveImage 8: Head and thorax - from above (2)Image 9: Lateral viewImage 10: Ventral viewImage 11: Ventral view (2)
5: Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
22 May 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 5: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Lateral view - highly enlarged (2)
6: Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
22 May 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phyllobius roboretanus (Small Green Nettle Weevil)
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