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Armadillo weevil

Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792)

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The armadillo weevil (Otiorhynchus armadillo) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 21 countries, including Austria, Belgium and Croatia.

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Quick facts about the armadillo weevil

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
21 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the armadillo weevil live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The armadillo weevil is listed for 21 countries.

NorwayLebanonUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaGermanyGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsItalyUnited KingdomSloveniaSlovakiaCzechia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Croatia
  4. Czechia
  5. Germany
  6. Greece
  7. Hungary
  8. Italy
  9. Lebanon
  10. Liechtenstein
  11. Lithuania
  12. Netherlands
  13. Norway
  14. Poland
  15. Romania
  16. Slovakia
  17. Slovenia
  18. Switzerland
  19. Türkiye
  20. Ukraine
  21. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the armadillo weevil as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Denmark
  3. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the armadillo weevil endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the armadillo weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusOtiorhynchus
  7. SpeciesOtiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792)

Synonyms Brachyrrhinus apenninus, Brachyrrhinus latissimus, Brachyrrhinus obsitus, Brachyrrhinus scabripennis, Curculio armadillo, Curculio nigrita, Curculio orbicularis, Curculio sulphurifer, Otiorhynchus amardillo, Otiorhynchus apenninus, Otiorhynchus collinus, Otiorhynchus halbherri, Otiorhynchus latipennis, Otiorhynchus latissimus, Otiorhynchus obsitus, Otiorhynchus rhaeticus, Otiorhynchus salicis, Otiorhynchus scabripennis, Otiorhynchus ventricola, Otiorhynchus wellschmiedi, Otiorrhynchus armadillo

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Gürteltier-DickmaulrüsslerGerman
  • katonás gyalogormányosHungarian
  • Opuchlak rudonógPolish
  • jajčasti rilčkarSlovenian
  • bältöronvivelSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the armadillo weevil

Other species in the same genus Otiorhynchus.

Vine weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

CurculionidaeNo free photo yet

Lovage weevil

Otiorhynchus ligustici

CurculionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the armadillo weevil live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the armadillo weevil for 21 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia and Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the armadillo weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the armadillo weevil as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the armadillo weevil?

The armadillo weevil (Otiorhynchus armadillo) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{armadillo_weevil_2026,
  title = {Armadillo weevil (Otiorhynchus armadillo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/armadillo-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}