Pissodes Explained

Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.

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]

See also

• List of Pissodes species

Notes and References

1. O'Brien, C. W. (1989). Revision of the weevil genus Pissodes in Mexico with notes on Neotropical Pissodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 415-32.
2. Lu, X., Zhang, R., & Langor, D. W. (2007). Two new species of Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China, with notes on Palearctic species. The Canadian Entomologist 139(2), 179-88.
3. Lu, X. and RunZhi, Z. (2007). Species, distribution and host plants of genus Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its potential invasive threat. Scientia Silvae Sinicae 43(9), 38-43.