Hylobius
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Curculionidae
Curculionidae is the family of the "true" weevils . It was formerly recognized in 1998 as the largest of any animal family, with over 40,000 species described worldwide at that time...
). Several Hylobius species are major pests of coniferous trees.
Species
Species include:- Hylobius abietisHylobius abietisHylobius abietis is a beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae . It shares the common name pine weevil with the rarer Hylobius pinastri. This weevil is a common associate of conifers throughout Europe....
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758 — pine weevil - Hylobius aliradicis Warner, 1966 — southern pine root weevil
- Hylobius alpheus Reiche, 1857
- Hylobius congener Dalla Torre et al., 1943 — seedling debarking weevil
- Hylobius excavatus Laicharting, 1781
- Hylobius graecus Pic, 1902
- Hylobius huguenini Reitter, 1891
- Hylobius pales HerbstJohann Friedrich Wilhelm HerbstJohann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst was a German naturalist and entomologist from Petershagen, Minden-Ravensberg....
, 1797 - pales weevil - Hylobius pinastri GyllenhaalLeonard GyllenhaalLeonard Gyllenhaal was a Swedish military officer and entomologist.Born on the Ribbingsberg manor in Västergötland in west Sweden, Leonard Gyllenhaal was son of an army officer and belonged to a family of the lower nobility...
, 1813 — pine weevil - Hylobius pinicola Couper, 1864 — Couper collar weevil
- Hylobius radicis Buchanan, 1935 — pine root collar weevil
- Hylobius rhizophagus Benjamin & Walker, 1963 — root tip weevil, Millers
- Hylobius transversovittatusHylobius transversovittatusHylobius transversovittatus is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is native to the Old World where both adults and larvae feed on purple loosestrife...
Goeze, 1777 — Goeze root-boring weevil - Hylobius warreniHylobius warreniWarren's rootcollar weevil, Hylobius warreni is a species of weevil that is widely distributed throughout the boreal forests of Canada.- Description :...
Wood, 1957 — Warren's collar weevil