Iris weevil

base stats

• NL sightings 330iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 5,240iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 330 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #34 most seen of the beetles in NL.
• 🌍5,240 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1784 (242 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Iris weevil

Nederlands

Lissnuitkever

scientific name

Mononychus punctumalbum

class

Insecta

order

Coleoptera

family

Curculionidae

sightings in NL

330

sightings in Europe

4,838

sightings worldwide

5,240

GBIF records in NL

3,135

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1784 by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst