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Weevil

Sitona obsoletus

1,310Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb5
Mar19
Apr32
May90
Jun168
Jul287
Aug257
Sep135
Oct50
Nov19
Dec10

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland118
2Devon England80
3Oxfordshire England44
4Worcestershire England41
5Kent England40
6Norfolk England33
7Lincolnshire England31
8Swansea Wales26
9Isle of Anglesey Wales24
10Surrey England20
11Cumbria England20
12North Yorkshire England19
13Gwynedd Wales19
14Aberdeen City Scotland19
15Cambridgeshire England17
920 England194 Scotland122 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,310
Peak month
July
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Sitona obsoletus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,168
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Sitona
Name with authority
Sitona obsoletus (Gmelin, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q99937629 · GBIF 1181454