# Common leaf weevil (*Phyllobius pyri*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-14

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | 6 mm – 7 mm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest, human_modified |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Generations a year | One |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | 37 countries |

## Recorded prey and predators

 Recorded predators: Shorter red centipede (*Strigamia acuminata*), Geophilus electricus (*Geophilus electricus*), Common Schendyla (*Schendyla nemorensis*), Window lace-weaver (*Amaurobius fenestralis*), Boreal yellow-headed soil centipede (*Geophilus flavus*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Coleoptera
- family: Curculionidae
- genus: Phyllobius
- species: *Phyllobius 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*

## Countries on record

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.

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

## Common questions

### 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

- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), 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](https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/), 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](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844), 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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