#3444 · 🪲 beetles
Elongated Bean Weevil
Lixus pulverulentus
📍 V.misa (C.del Latte), 60126 Torrette AN, Italia
📍 6523 sok soyak A B:1 D:4, Mavişehir, 35550 Karşıyaka/İzmir, Türkiye
📍 רמת גן, ישראל
📍 Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne, France
📍 Botevgrad Municipality, Bulgaria
📍 Agualva-Cacém, Portugal
📍 53290 Saint-Brice, France
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. V.misa (C.del Latte), 60126 Torrette AN, Italia:© Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb · CC BY 4.0
- 5. 6523 sok soyak A B:1 D:4, Mavişehir, 35550 Karşıyaka/İzmir, Türkiye:© Lkuyumcu · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. רמת גן, ישראל:© Chaym Turak · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne, France:© Titouan Le Floch · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Botevgrad Municipality, Bulgaria:© Dimitǎr Boevski · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Agualva-Cacém, Portugal:© Mya Carrasquinho · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 53290 Saint-Brice, France:© Philippe Cherel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Lixus pulverulentus is a species of weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae. The species was scientifically described in 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli as Curculio pulverulentus Scopoli, 1763.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,434 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Elongated Bean Weevil
- scientific name
- Lixus pulverulentus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 4,642
- sightings worldwide
- 6,434
- GBIF records in NL
- 9
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Curculionidae
#3177 📷 7Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Zijdeglansbladsnuitkever
Polydrusus formosus
👀 643 in NL
#3180 📷 10Nettle weevil
🇳🇱 Groene bladsnuitkever
Phyllobius pomaceus
👀 599 in NL
#3192 📷 10Black Vine Weevil
🇳🇱 Gegroefde lapsnuitkever
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
👀 371 in NL
#3193 📷 9Grijze bolsnuittor
Philopedon plagiatum
👀 356 in NL
#3196 📷 8Iris weevil
🇳🇱 Lissnuitkever
Mononychus punctumalbum
👀 330 in NL
#3207 📷 10Common Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Gestreepte bladsnuitkever
Phyllobius pyri
👀 240 in NL#3225 📷 10
Deer Broad-nosed Weevil
🇳🇱 Reebruine bladsnuitkever
Polydrusus cervinus
👀 158 in NL
#3232 📷 10Small Nettle Weevil
🇳🇱 Viervlekbrandnetelsnuitkever
Nedyus quadrimaculatus
👀 149 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 470356, Wikidata Q18472040, GBIF 1223971, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.