Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Cucujiformia > Superfamily Curculionoidea > Family Curculionidae > Subfamily Curculioninae > Tribe Curculionini > Genus Curculio > Subgenus Curculio (Curculio)

Curculio (Curculio) elephas (Gyllenhal, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Balaninus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Curculio*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Balaninus elephas*	Gyllenhal, 1836	objective synonym
*Curculio (Curculio) gulosus*	Fabricius, 1792	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Esskastanienbohrer sources: german PESI focal point

Greek: Βαλάνινος των καστάνων sources: Greek PESI focal point

Turkish: Kestane hortumlu böceği sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Довгоносик каштановий

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Lutz Behne. Curculio (Curculio) elephas (Gyllenhal, 1836). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=250609