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title: "Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil"
description: "Polydrusus formosus — Insecten en spinnen. Polydrusus formosus, commonly known as the green immigrant leaf weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/green-immigrant-leaf-weevil
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

> Polydrusus formosus — Insecten en spinnen. Polydrusus formosus, commonly known as the green immigrant leaf weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae.

- Scientific name: *Polydrusus formosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 28969
- Wikidata: [Q7226300](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7226300)
- iNaturalist taxon: [494559](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/494559)

## Names

- en: Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
- de: Seidiger Glanzrüssler
- fr: Charançon vert soyeux

## Countries with the most observations

CA (7937), US (6715), GB (2152), DE (1614), FR (908), NL (634), AT (561), DK (555), IT (506), BE (266), PL (255), CH (194)

## Summary

Polydrusus formosus, commonly known as the green immigrant leaf weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydrusus_formosus

## Photo

![Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-immigrant-leaf-weevil/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Sankey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44318281

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-immigrant-leaf-weevil?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).