#3350 · 🪲 beetles
Silver-green leaf weevil
🇳🇱 Groene beukensnuitkever ·Phyllobius argentatus
📍 9441 TZ Orvelte, Nederland
📍 Mariënstein, Heiloo, North Holland, NL
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Helmond, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Pavel Kirillov · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Juha Tuomola · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 9441 TZ Orvelte, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Mariënstein, Heiloo, North Holland, NL:© Michelle V. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Helmond, Netherlands:© Shape of Friend · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Phyllobius argentatus is a species of short-nosed weevil commonly known as the silver-green leaf weevil .
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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,224 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Silver-green leaf weevil
- Nederlands
- Groene beukensnuitkever
- scientific name
- Phyllobius argentatus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 1,944
- sightings worldwide
- 3,224
- GBIF records in NL
- 248
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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 📷 10Deer Broad-nosed Weevil
🇳🇱 Reebruine bladsnuitkever
Polydrusus cervinus
👀 158 in NL
#3232 📷 10Small Nettle Weevil
🇳🇱 Viervlekbrandnetelsnuitkever
Nedyus quadrimaculatus
👀 149 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52514, Wikidata Q941732, GBIF 5022738, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.