''Pissodes'' is a genus of

weevil Weevils are beetles belonging to the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and Herbivore, herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They b ...

s described by

Ernst Friedrich Germar Ernst Friedrich Germar (3 November 1786 – 8 July 1853) was a German professor and director of the Mineralogical Museum at Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. ...

in 1817. These insects live on

conifers Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extan ...

. They are widely distributed in the

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, their distribution mirroring that of plants in the

Pinaceae The Pinaceae, or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as Cedrus, cedars, firs, Tsuga, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. The family is included in the order Pinales, ...

, the pine family, which includes most of their host trees.Lu, X., Zhang, R., & Langor, D. W. (2007)
Two new species of ''Pissodes'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China, with notes on Palearctic species.
''The Canadian Entomologist'' 139(2), 179-88. A few ''Pissodes'' species are considered to be

pests PESTS was an anonymous American activist group formed in 1986 to critique racism, tokenism, and exclusion in the art world. PESTS produced newsletters, posters, and other print material highlighting examples of discrimination in gallery represent ...

, such as '' Pissodes strobi'', '' P. nemorensis'', and '' P. terminalis'', because they do significant damage to trees. There are at least 140 described species in ''Pissodes''.Lu, X. and RunZhi, Z. (2007)
Species, distribution and host plants of genus ''Pissodes'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its potential invasive threat.
''Scientia Silvae Sinicae'' 43(9), 38-43.

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* Molytinae Insect vectors of plant pathogens Curculionidae genera {{Molytinae-stub

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