Leucophyes

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Leucophyes
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Museum specimen of Leucophyes pedestris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Lixinae
Tribe: Cleonini
Genus: Leucophyes
Marshall, 1946
Synonyms
  • Leucosomus Motschulsky, 1860

Leucophyes is a genus of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae.

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Species

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.

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<i>Leucophyes pedestris</i> Species of beetle

Leucophyes pedestris is a species of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae.

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