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#3434 · 🪲 beetles

Pea Weevil

🇳🇱 Bladrandkever ·Sitona lineatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Pea Weevil, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sitona lineatus , commonly known as the pea leaf weevil is a species of weevil with a Paleartic distribution. It is a common pest of beans, peas, and other plants in the family Fabaceae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 20iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,947iNaturalist observations

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 20 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,947 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Pea Weevil
Nederlands
Bladrandkever
scientific name
Sitona lineatus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Curculionidae
sightings in NL
20
sightings in Europe
3,403
sightings worldwide
5,947
GBIF records in NL
371
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Curculionidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 231082, Wikidata Q1513447, GBIF 1181282, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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