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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) » Otiorhynchini » Otiorhynchus » Alfalfa Snout Beetle (Otiorhynchus ligustici)

Species Otiorhynchus ligustici - Alfalfa Snout Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Otiorhynchini
Genus Otiorhynchus
Species ligustici (Alfalfa Snout Beetle)
Other Common Names
Lovage Weevil
Explanation of Names
Otiorhynchus (Cryphiphorus) ligustici (Linnaeus 1758)
Numbers
subg. Cryphiphorus Stierlin 1883 contains a total of 15 spp.(1)
Size
9-11 mm(2)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (very common and widespread there), adventive and local in NA (se. ON, n. NY; first reported 1896)(2)(3)
Life Cycle
parthenogenetic; 2-yr cycle(3)
Remarks
serious pest of alfalfa(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet(4)
Works Cited
1.BioLib.cz
2.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3.Biological control of Alfalfa Snout Beetle...
E.J. Shields, A. Testa, G. Neumann, K.L. Flanders, P.C. Schroeder. 2009. American Entomologist 55(4): 250-257.
4.Insects (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs web site)
Contributed by v belov on 21 January, 2011 - 6:08pm
Last updated 14 February, 2025 - 9:57pm

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