Polydrusus cervinus

Polydrusus • Curculionidae • Curculionoidea • Coleoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

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Polydrusus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

This weevil is found mainly in the forests of Europe and the north-eastern parts of North America. The adults are polyphagous, while the larvae live in the soil, feeding on roots.

Publications covering Polydrusus cervinus

The Canadian Entomologist (2007) 139, 397-442
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson and D.B. McCorquodale (2007)
The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and regional zoogeography

Journal of Applied Entomology - Zeitschrift für angewandte Entomologie (1995) 119, 455-463
C. Rougon, A. Roques, D. Rougon and J. Levieux (1995)
Impact des insectes sur les potentialités de régénération des Chênes (Quercus spp.) en France. I. Mise en évidence d'une action méconnue des curculionides phyllophages sur les organes reproducteurs avant la fécondation
[Impact of insects on the regeneration potential of oaks in France. I. Action of phyllophagus Curculionidae (Coleoptera) on female flowers prior to fecundation]