Phyllobius virideaeris (Laicharting, 1781)
(Green Nettle Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phyllobius virideaeris (Green Nettle Weevil)
Genus	Phyllobius (a genus of leaf weevils)
Tribe	Otiorhynchini (a group of weevils)
Subfamily	ENTIMINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
Family	CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division	Gonatoceri (true weevils)
Superfamily	CURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phyllobius virideaeris is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Curculionidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Phyllobius virideaeris (Green Nettle Weevil) :
1: Phyllobius virideaeris (Green Nettle Weevil)
5 Jun 1997	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on cow pats

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hodges, D. & Murray, D.		WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group	thewcg.org.uk/

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

Phyllobius
(a genus of leaf weevils)

ENTIMINAE
(a subfamily of weevils)

CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phyllobius virideaeris (Green Nettle Weevil)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phyllobius virideaeris (Green Nettle Weevil)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phyllobius virideaeris is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)