Nemonychidae
Common name:
Number of species:
1Size Range:
4-4mmTarsi:
4-4-4. Lobed.Images:
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.