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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Sitonini » Sitona » Clover Weevil (Sitona hispidulus)

Species Sitona hispidulus - Clover Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Broad-nosed Weevil? - Sitona hispidulus Clover Weevil - Sitona hispidulus 8417 - Sitona hispidulus Some type of Anthribidae? Very small - Sitona hispidulus Sitona - Sitona hispidulus Clover Weevil? - Sitona hispidulus Sitona? - Sitona hispidulus Hairy Weevil - Entiminae? - Sitona hispidulus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Sitonini
Genus Sitona
Species hispidulus (Clover Weevil)
Other Common Names
Clover Root Curculio
Explanation of Names
Sitona hispidulus (Fabricius 1776)
Size
3.2-4.0 mm
Identification
the only Sitona species with erect hairs on each elytral interstria; eyes flatter than in similar species(1)
Range
Holarctic, adventive across US & s. CAN - Map (1)(2)(3), native to, and widespread throughout, Eurasia
Habitat
fields, pastures, meadows
Season
adults are active in spring and again in fall after the first frost, which causes them to emerge from their summer aestivation (resting period)
Food
on clover, alfalfa & other forage legumes(1)
Life Cycle
eggs are laid on soil in spring; larvae hatch and feed underground; pupation and adult emergence takes place in late summer; overwinters as adults in soil or leaf litter
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NJ ca. 1875(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet - PSU, Calvin et al. 2002
Works Cited
1.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson, & D.B. McCorquodale. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 397–442.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2006 - 7:15am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 15 October, 2022 - 5:28pm

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