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

Phyllobius (Phyllobius) pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Birnen-Grünrüssler Common Leaf Weevil

Synonyms and other combinations:

Curculio pyri Linnaeus, 1758 |

  • Phyllobius pyri 9912
    Phyllobius pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)  Birnen-Grünrüssler  Common Leaf Weevil 
    Phyllobius pyri, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2021-04-21 14:23:32
    Image number: 9912

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2021-04-21 14:23:32
    conf. Christoph Benisch
  • Phyllobius pyri 9913
    Phyllobius pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)  Birnen-Grünrüssler  Common Leaf Weevil 
    Phyllobius pyri, conf. Christoph Benisch
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2021-04-21 14:23:01
    Image number: 9913

    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2021-04-21 14:23:01
    conf. Christoph Benisch

Classification:
Phyllobius pyri 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. Billiald, H., Straw, N., & Stewart, A. (2010). Adult fecundity, host plant preferences, field activity and parasitism in the leaf weevil Phyllobius pyri (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Abstract. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100(3), 303-314. doi:10.1017/S0007485309990307
  4. Keys for the Identification of British Coleoptera: Mikes insect keys
  5. 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.