Common leaf weevil
Phyllobius pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The common leaf weevil (Phyllobius pyri) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 7 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 37 countries, including Albania, Austria and Belarus.
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Quick facts about the common leaf weevil
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 6 mm – 7 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 common leaf weevil?
What eats the common leaf weevil?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded predators of the common leaf weevil
5 on record
- Shorter red centipede Strigamia acuminata2 sources
- Geophilus electricus2 sources
- Common Schendyla Schendyla nemorensis2 sources
- Window lace-weaver Amaurobius fenestralis2 sources
- Boreal yellow-headed soil centipede Geophilus flavus2 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
Where does the common 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 common leaf weevil is listed for 37 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: Entiminae (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the common 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 common leaf weevil classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCurculionidae
- genusPhyllobius
- SpeciesPhyllobius pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Curculio aeruginosus, Curculio amaurus, Curculio elegans, Curculio erythropus, Curculio fulvipes, Curculio lar, Curculio padi, Curculio pyri, Curculio rufipes, Curculio sanguinicollis, Curculio sparti, Curculio vespertinus, Phyllobius artemisiae, Phyllobius irroratus, Phyllobius irrorellus, Phyllobius mali, Phyllobius mutus, Phyllobius vespertinus
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- PæreløvsnudebilleDanish
- omenanlehtikärsäkäsFinnish
- Gestreepte bladsnuitkeverDutch
- päronlövvivelSwedish
- kopparlövvivelSwedish
Relatives of the common leaf weevil
Other species in the same genus Phyllobius.
CompareCommon leaf weevil vs Silver-green leaf weevilCommon leaf weevil vs Brown leaf weevilCommon leaf weevil vs Phyllobius brevisCommon leaf weevil vs Phyllobius dispar
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the common leaf weevil?
An adult common leaf weevil measures 6 mm – 7 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the common leaf weevil live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the common leaf weevil for 37 countries, including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the common leaf weevil?
The common leaf weevil (Phyllobius pyri) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.
What eats the common leaf weevil?
Animals recorded preying on the common leaf weevil include shorter red centipede, geophilus electricus, common schendyla and window lace-weaver. 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. - 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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