Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Polydrusus

green weevil - Polydrusus sericeus Weevil - Polydrusus sericeus Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil - Polydrusus sericeus Green Immigrant Leaf Beetle - Polydrusus sericeus Pale Green Weevil - Polydrusus impressifrons Green Immigrant Leaf Beetle - Polydrusus sericeus Bug for ID - Polydrusus sericeus Polydrusus impressifrons
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Polydrusini
Genus Polydrusus
Numbers
7 species in North America (nearctica.com)
4 species in Canada (Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska)
Size
body length about 5-8 mm
Identification
Body completely covered with round scales, which may be metallic green, grey, yellowish or brown; most species of uniform colour, but 2 N-Am. species are patterned in brownish tinges. Legs brown or yellowish, with or without small femoral tooth.
Internet References
adult images of P. impressifrons and sericeus, along with three European species (Claude Schott, France)