Pissodes
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Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.
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Pissodes | |
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Pissodes notatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Molytinae |
Genus: | Pissodes Germar, 1817 |
Diversity | |
at least 140 species |
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These insects live on conifers.[1] They are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, their distribution mirroring that of plants in the Pinaceae, the pine family, which includes most of their host trees.[2]
A few Pissodes species are considered to be pests, such as Pissodes strobi, P. nemorensis, and P. terminalis, because they do significant damage to trees.[2]
There are at least 140 described species in Pissodes.[3][4][5][6][7]