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Wheat weevil

Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792)

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The wheat weevil (Rhyzopertha dominica) is a species in the family Bostrichidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the wheat weevil

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

Where does the wheat weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wheat weevil as introduced in 14 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Latviainvasive
  2. Swedeninvasive
  3. Austria
  4. China
  5. Cyprus
  6. Denmark
  7. France
  8. Japan
  9. Poland
  10. Russia
  11. Slovenia
  12. South Africa
  13. United States
  14. 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 wheat 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 wheat weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyBostrichidae
  6. genusRhyzopertha
  7. SpeciesRhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792)

Synonyms Apate pusilla, Rhizopertha dominica, Sinodendron pusillum, Synodendron dominicum, Xylopertha dominica

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • American wheat weevilEnglish
  • Australian wheat weevilEnglish
  • Lesser grain borerEnglish
  • Lesser grain-borerEnglish
  • الحشرة الثقابة للحبوبArabic
  • korovník obilníCzech
  • KornkapucinerDanish
  • GetreidekapuzinerGerman
  • viljahuppukuoriainenFinnish
  • Capucin des grainsFrench
  • コナナガシンクイJapanese
  • kornborerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Kleine graanboorderDutch
  • Kapturnik zbożowiecPolish
  • Точильщик зерновойRussian
  • kapucinerbaggeSwedish
  • 穀盜Chinese
  • perceur (petit) des céréalesFrench
  • Капюшонник зерновойRussian
  • 米长蠹Chinese
  • 谷蠹Chinese

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Relatives of the wheat weevil

Other species in the same genus Rhyzopertha.

CompareWheat weevil vs Rhyzopertha pusilla

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the wheat weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the wheat weevil as invasive in 2 countries: Latvia and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 14 in all.

What kind of animal is the wheat weevil?

The wheat weevil (Rhyzopertha dominica) belongs to the family Bostrichidae 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). Wheat weevil (Rhyzopertha dominica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-weevil

MLA

“Wheat weevil (Rhyzopertha dominica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{wheat_weevil_2026,
  title = {Wheat weevil (Rhyzopertha dominica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheat-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}