| Leucophyes | |
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| Museum specimen of Leucophyes pedestris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Lixinae |
| Tribe: | Cleonini |
| Genus: | Leucophyes Marshall, 1946 |
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Leucophyes is a genus of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae.
This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.
Lixinae is a subfamily of true weevils, included in the Molytinae in many older treatments. They are mainly root feeders, although some develop in flower buds or stems. Several species are used in biological control of invasive weeds, namely knapweeds (Centaurea).
Leucophyes pedestris is a species of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae.
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