Sitona lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSitona lineatus (Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil)
GenusSitona (a genus of weevils)
TribeSitonini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sitona lineatus (Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil) :
1: Sitona lineatus (Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil)
31 Jul 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Broad Bean
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Dorsal view (3)Image 4: Dorsal view (4)Image 5: Dorsal view (5)Image 6: Dorsal view (6)Image 7: Feeding damage (the marginal holes, not the rust!)Image 8: Feeding damage (the marginal holes, not the rust!) (2)Image 9: Head and thorax - dorsalImage 10: Head and thorax - dorsal (2)Image 11: Head and thorax - ventralImage 12: Ventral viewImage 13: Ventral view (2)Image 14: Ventral view (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Phillips, C.B. & Barratt, B.I.P. 2004 A guide to assist detection of newly arrived Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand and Australia Phillips, C.B. & Barratt, B.I.P., 2004. A guide to assist detection of newly arrived Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand and Australia, 12pp, Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Grassland Invertebrate Ecology Conference

Sitona lineatus (Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sitona lineatus (Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sitona lineatus (Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil)
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