Nemonychidae

Common name:

Number of species:

1

Size Range:

4-4mm

Tarsi:

4-4-4. Lobed.

Images:

  • Cimberis attelaboides

Description: 

Represented in Britain by one species, the 3-5mm Cimberis attelaboides (Fabricius).  This species is black, with yellow-white pubescence and red-brown appendages, and the long rostrum and un-elbowed antennae typical of the primitive weevils.  Larvae feed on pollen within the catkins of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris L.