Sitona hispidulus - <p>L: 3.5-4.5mm </p> <p>There are 25 speciesof <i>Sitona</i> in Central Europe. The beetles feed mainly at night [Harde/Severa: Kosmos Käferführer, p.306]. <i>Sitona</i> specialize on legumes (Fabaceae); <i>Sitona hispidulus</i> especially on clover (<i>Trifolium</i>). The larvae eat the root nodules and the adults eat the leaves. Several species of <i>Sitona</i> are important agricultural pests of legumes [Wikipedia]. </p> <p>Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota Order: Coleoptera (beetles, Käfer) Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Superfamily: Curculionoidea Family: Curculionidae LATREILLE, 1802 (weevils, Rüsselkäfer) </p> <p>Subfamily: Entiminae SCHÖNHERR, 1823 (broad-nosed weevils) Tribus: Sitonini GISTEL, 1848 Genus: <i>Sitona</i> GERMAR, 1817 (Blattrandkäfer oder Graurüssler) <i>Sitona hispidulus</i> FABRICIUS, 1776 ( Clover weevil, Kleerüssler) [det. Alan Thornhill, 2013, based on photos] </p> <p>E-Germany, Brandenburg: Küstrin-Schwedt (Oder), 30.09.2012 </p> <p>IMG_2359 </p> © gbohne from Berlin, Germany - CC BY-SA 2.0 - Wikimedia Commons