Sitona cylindricollis

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Sitona cylindricollis
Sitona cylindricollis, Brymbo, North Wales, Aug 2016 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sitona
Species:
S. cylindricollis
Binomial name
Sitona cylindricollis
(Fahraeus, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
  • Sitona alpinensis Tanner, 1987

Sitona cylindricollis, the sweetclover weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America, [1] where it is a pest of sweetclover and alfalfa. Larvae feed on the root nodules of these plants, eventually pupating near the soil surface. [5]

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Sweetclover weevil, Sitona cylindricollis Sitona cylindricollis, Brymbo, North Wales, Aug 2016 2 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Sweetclover weevil, Sitona cylindricollis

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sitona cylindricollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Sitona cylindricollis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Sitona cylindricollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Sitona cylindricollis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ↑ Loan, C. (1 October 1961). "Introduction of European Parasites of Sitona spp. for Control of the Sweetclover Weevil, Sitona cylindricollis, in Canada". Journal of Economic Entomology. 54 (5): 1026–1031. doi:10.1093/jee/54.5.1026 . Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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