Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Curculionidae (Weevils)

Phyllobius (Dieletus) argentatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Silberner Grünrüssler Silver-green Leaf Weevil

Synonyms and other combinations:

Curculio sericeus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 | Phyllobius budensis Hajóss, 1938 | Phyllobius croaticus Stierlin, 1884 | Phyllobius pineti Redtenbacher, 1849 | Phyllobius sutorinensis Apfelbeck, 1898 | Phyllobius tenuior Rey, 1894 | Phyllobius tereticollis Gyllenhal, 1834 | Phyllobius viridans Boheman, 1843 |

  • Phyllobius argentatus, mating  6039
    Phyllobius argentatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  Silberner Grünrüssler  Silver-green Leaf Weevil 
    Phyllobius argentatus, mating, det. Boris Büche
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2013-05-21 16:40:32
    Image number: 6039
    mating
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2013-05-21 16:40:32
    det. Boris Büche

Classification:
Phyllobius argentatus belongs to the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Phyllobiini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Yunakov N. (2017). 3i Curculio: 3i taxonomic databases, Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae (version Jan 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  3. UK Beetles
  4. Rafał Gosik & Peter Sprick: Description of the mature larvae of eight Phyllobius Germar, 1824 species with notes about life cycles, host plant use and vertical distribution (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini), WEEVIL News, No. 89, 1. November 2020, 1-39, ISSN 1615-3472.