Curculio elephas J.C.Fabricius, 1781 is a animal in the Curculionidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Curculio elephas J.C.Fabricius, 1781
Curculio elephas, the chestnut weevil, is a serious sweet chestnut pest weevil species native to Europe.
Curculio elephas, formally described by J.C.Fabricius in 1781, is a species of beetle belonging to the Curculionidae family, which is the family of true weevils. Its common name is the chestnut weevil. In Europe, it is a serious pest of the sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa. This species is similar to two North American species, Curculio sayi and Curculio caryatrypes, found in the United States.
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Xyleborus celsus Eichhoff, 1868
Hypomeces pulviger (Herbst, 1795)
Cophes fallax Kissinger, 1964
Euplatypus compositus (Say & T., 1824)
Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquelin du Val, 1852)
Scolopterus penicillatus White, 1846
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