[1] Pascoe based his description on material collected in Tarndale, near Nelson, by Frederick Hutton, and named the species in his honour.

[3] A North Island population around the Wellington south coast was discovered in 1917, where the normally-alpine host species Aciphylla squarrosa can be found growing on exposed coastal cliffs almost to sea level.

It is thought that the distribution either side of Cook Strait could be due to migration of weevils during the last glacial period, when sea levels were lower, or by rafting on debris originating in its alpine habitat.

[8] Larvae burrow into the soil and feed on the Aciphylla taproot, and can be found in the surrounding dead and decomposing foliage at ground level.

[3][4] During research into the captive breeding of L. huttoni it was discovered that the weevil is susceptible to a species of fungus in the genus Beauvaria.

[10] They are flightless, slow-moving beetles, vulnerable to being eaten by mice and rats, and their host plants are susceptible to browsing by mammals such as sheep, pigs, and goats.

[6] DOC translocated 40 adult L. huttoni from the Wellington south coast to nearby Mana Island over the summer of 2006–2007.