Brown leaf weevil
Phyllobius oblongus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The brown leaf weevil (Phyllobius oblongus) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 6 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 37 countries, including Albania, Austria and Azerbaijan.
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Quick facts about the brown leaf weevil
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 3 mm – 6 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Generations a year
- Onesrc for Generations a year
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 37 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the brown leaf weevil?
What eats the brown leaf weevil?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the brown leaf weevil
5 on record
- Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus3 sources
- Coelotes terrestris2 sources
- Geophilus electricus2 sources
- Geophilus insculptus2 sources
- Yellow leaf-litter crab spider Ozyptila trux2 sources
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- Clare et al., 2011
- Morningstar et al., 2019
- Clare, E. L., et al. 2011. Eating local: influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus). Molecular Ecology 20 (8): 1772-1780.
- Digel et al. (2014)
- Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021).
Where does the brown leaf weevil live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The brown leaf weevil is listed for 37 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Albania
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: Entiminae (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown leaf weevil as introduced in 1 country.
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 brown leaf 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 brown leaf weevil classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCurculionidae
- genusPhyllobius
- SpeciesPhyllobius oblongus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Curculio floricola, Curculio fuscus, Curculio mali, Curculio oblongus, Curculio pruni, Curculio querneus, Curculio rufescens, Phyllobius aceris, Phyllobius aceris, Phyllobius biformis, Phyllobius mandibularis, Phyllobius scutarensis
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- listohlod obecnýCzech
- FrugttræløvsnudebilleDanish
- Zweifarbiger SchmalbauchrüßlerGerman
- hoikkalehtikärsäkäsFinnish
- Charançon à élytres brunsFrench
- Charançons à étuis fauvesFrench
- közönséges levélormányosHungarian
- Behaarde bladsnuitkeverDutch
- Bruine vruchtboomsnuittorDutch
- Naliściak pączkojadPolish
- Слоник листовой продолговатыйRussian
- šupináčik obyčajnýSlovak
- brun lövvivelSwedish
- fruktträdlövvivelSwedish
- Довгоносик продовгуватий листянийUkrainian
Relatives of the brown leaf weevil
Other species in the same genus Phyllobius.
CompareBrown leaf weevil vs Silver-green leaf weevilBrown leaf weevil vs Common leaf weevilBrown leaf weevil vs Phyllobius brevisBrown leaf weevil vs Phyllobius dispar
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brown leaf weevil?
An adult brown leaf weevil measures 3 mm – 6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the brown leaf weevil live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown leaf weevil for 37 countries, including Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the brown leaf weevil an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown leaf weevil as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the brown leaf weevil?
The brown leaf weevil (Phyllobius oblongus) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.
What eats the brown leaf weevil?
Animals recorded preying on the brown leaf weevil include little brown bat, coelotes terrestris, geophilus electricus and geophilus insculptus. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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