Wheat weevil

Wheat weevil
Illustration by Des Helmore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Tribe:	Litosomini
Genus:	Sitophilus
Species:	S. granarius
Binomial name
Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
Calandra frumentarius Stephens, 1829 Calandra granaria (Clairville and Schellenberg, 1798) Calandra laevicosta Philippi and Philippi, 1864 Calandra remotepunctata (Gyllenhaal, 1838) Calandra remotepunctatus (Gyllenhaal, 1838) Cordyle granarius (Thunberg, 1815) Curculio granarius Linnaeus, 1758 Curculio pulicarius Panzer, 1798 Curculio segetis Linnaeus, 1758 Curculio unicolor Marsham, 1802 Rhynchaenus segetis (Latreille, 1804) Rhynchophorus granarius (Herbst, 1795) Sitophilus remotepunctatus (Gyllenhaal, 1838)

The wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius), also known as the grain weevil or granary weevil, is an insect that feeds on cereal grains, and is a common pest in many places. It can cause significant damage to harvested stored grains and may drastically decrease crop yields. The females lay many eggs and the larvae eat the inside of the grain kernels.