Wheat weevil

Wheat weevil
	Illustration by Des Helmore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Tribe:	Litosomini
Genus:	Sitophilus
Species:	S. granarius
Binomial name
	Sitophilus granarius; (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.

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