Leucophyes

Leucophyes
Museum specimen of Leucophyes pedestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Lixinae
Genus: Leucophyes
Marshall, 1946
Synonyms
  • Leucosomus Motschulsky, 1860

Leucophyes is a genus of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae.

Species

  • Leucophyes martorellii (Fairmaire, 1879)
  • Leucophyes occidentalis (Dieckmann, 1982)
  • Leucophyes pedestris (Poda, 1761)

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.

References


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