Sitona lineatus

Sitona lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A very common weevil, found in most habitats and one that will even turn up on the walls of houses and other buildings, occasionally even indoors. There are several other Sitona weevils which are extremely similar, so any identification is difficult from photographs.
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The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register 2006. Allan and Annette Binding. Tim Sexton. Andy Godfrey (2006 Sherwood Heath SSSI invertebrate survey). Peter Kirby (Bentinck Tip & Void Invertebrate survey 2007). Stuart Warrington. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Wil Heeney. Charlie Barnes. Richard Davidson. Jenny Wallace. NBGRC. Martin Gray. Adrian Fowles (Nottinghamshire data extracted from the National Recording Scheme for Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). David Shaw. Clumber Park SSSI Saproxylic Invertebrate Survey - A report to Natural England by EMEC Ecology 2019. Peter Kirby (Ploughman Wood Invertebrate survey 1998 on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust). David Shaw. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated January 2024


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Sitona lineatus