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Pea weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831)

Status not recordedbeetles

The pea weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus) is a species in the family Chrysomelidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the pea weevil

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pea weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pea weevil as introduced in 25 countries, and flagged as invasive in 4 of them.

  1. Latviainvasive
  2. Lithuaniainvasive
  3. Netherlandsinvasive
  4. Swedeninvasive
  5. Andorra
  6. Austria
  7. Belarus
  8. Belgium
  9. Bulgaria
  10. China
  11. Costa Rica
  12. Croatia
  13. Cyprus
  14. Denmark
  15. Ecuador
  16. Estonia
  17. France
  18. Japan
  19. Poland
  20. Romania
  21. Russia
  22. Slovenia
  23. United Kingdom
  24. United States
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  1. Venezuela

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pea weevil endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pea weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyChrysomelidae
  6. genusAcanthoscelides
  7. SpeciesAcanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831)

Synonyms Bruchus obtectus, Mylabris mimosae

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Bean beetleEnglish
  • Bean bruchidEnglish
  • Bean weevilEnglish
  • Common bean weevilEnglish
  • zrnokaz fazolovýCzech
  • BohnenkäferGerman
  • Gorgojo del frijolSpanish
  • papupiilokasFinnish
  • bruche du haricotFrench
  • BabzsizsikHungarian
  • インゲンマメゾウムシJapanese
  • Pupelinis pupagręžisLithuanian
  • bønnefrøbilleNorwegian Bokmål
  • BonenkeverDutch
  • Strąkowiec fasolowyPolish
  • Зерновка фасолеваяRussian
  • bönbaggeSwedish
  • Fasulye böceğiTurkish
  • 大豆象Chinese
  • SpeisebohnenkäferGerman
  • Bruco del porotoSpanish
  • Gorgojo pardo del frijolSpanish
  • StambonekeverDutch
  • StambonenkeverDutch
  • Fasulye TohumböceğiTurkish
  • 奥阿豆象Chinese
  • 菜豆象Chinese
  • 菜豆象甲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pea weevil

Other species in the same genus Acanthoscelides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pea weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the pea weevil as invasive in 4 countries: Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 25 in all.

What kind of animal is the pea weevil?

The pea weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus) belongs to the family Chrysomelidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pea weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscelides-obtectus

MLA

“Pea weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscelides-obtectus.

BibTeX
@misc{acanthoscelides_obtectus_2026,
  title = {Pea weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscelides-obtectus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}