Biology:Pissodes

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Pissodes
Pissodes notatus bialowieza forest beentree.jpg
Pissodes notatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Genus: Pissodes
Germar, 1817
Diversity
at least 140 species
Pissodes pini
Pissodes castaneus

Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.

These insects live on conifers.[1] They are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, their distribution mirroring that of plants in the Pinaceae, the pine family, which includes most of their host trees.[2]

A few Pissodes species are considered to be pests, such as Pissodes strobi, P. nemorensis, and P. terminalis, because they do significant damage to trees.[2]

Pine weevil (Pissodes) anterior view
Pine weevil anterior view

There are at least 140 described species in Pissodes.[3][4][5][6][7]

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1609506 entry