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Rice weevil

Sitophilus oryzae Hustache, A., 1930

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The rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) is a species in the family Dryophthoridae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the rice weevil

Weight
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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 rice weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rice weevil as introduced in 22 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Latviainvasive
  2. Netherlandsinvasive
  3. Swedeninvasive
  4. Austria
  5. Belarus
  6. Bulgaria
  7. Canary Islands
  8. Cyprus
  9. Denmark
  10. Dominica
  11. Ecuador
  12. Estonia
  13. France
  14. Italy
  15. Japan
  16. Mongolia
  17. Poland
  18. Russia
  19. Slovenia
  20. United Kingdom
  21. United States
  22. 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 rice 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 rice weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyDryophthoridae
  6. genusSitophilus
  7. SpeciesSitophilus oryzae Hustache, A., 1930

Synonyms Calandra minor, Calandra orizae, Calandra oryzae, Calandra uniseriata, Curculio bituberculatus, Curculio frugilegus, Curculio granarius, Curculio oryza

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • سوسة الأرزArabic
  • Оризова гъгрицаBulgarian
  • pilous rýžovýCzech
  • RissnudebilleDanish
  • ReiskäferGerman
  • riisikärsäkäsFinnish
  • Calandre du rizFrench
  • חדקונית האורזHebrew
  • Բրինձի ուտիճArmenian
  • kutu gudang padiIndonesian
  • ココクゾウムシJapanese
  • 쌀바구미Korean
  • rissnutebilleNorwegian Bokmål
  • RijstklanderDutch
  • wołek ryżowyPolish
  • Долгоносик рисовыйRussian
  • zrniar ryžovýSlovak
  • มอดข้าวสารThai
  • Prinç BitiTurkish
  • довгоносик рисовийUkrainian
  • 米象Chinese
  • Charançon du rizFrench
  • ด้วงงวงข้าวThai
  • 穀牛 (米象)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rice weevil

Other species in the same genus Sitophilus.

Grain weevil

Sitophilus granarius

DryophthoridaeNo free photo yet

Maize weevil

Sitophilus zeamais

DryophthoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the rice weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the rice weevil as invasive in 3 countries: Latvia, Netherlands and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 22 in all.

What kind of animal is the rice weevil?

The rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) belongs to the family Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rice-weevil

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BibTeX
@misc{rice_weevil_2026,
  title = {Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rice-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}