Brown Leaf Weevil vs bur chervil

Phyllobius oblongus compared with Anthriscus caucalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Leaf Weevil	bur chervil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Curculionidae	Apiaceae
Genus	Phyllobius	Anthriscus
Species	Phyllobius oblongus	Anthriscus caucalis

Conservation Status

Brown Leaf Weevil

LC — Least Concern

bur chervil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Leaf Weevil	bur chervil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Leaf Weevil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey), Europe (34 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

bur chervil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Brown Leaf Weevil

The Brown Leaf Weevil (Phyllobius oblongus) is a species in the genus Phyllobius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

bur chervil

The bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis) is a species in the genus Anthriscus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic re

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 16 countries:

🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇩🇪 Germany 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States