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Butterbur weevil

Liparus glabrirostris Küster, 1849

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The butterbur weevil (Liparus glabrirostris) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the butterbur weevil

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

Where does the butterbur weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the butterbur weevil as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Denmark

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 butterbur 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 butterbur weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusLiparus
  7. SpeciesLiparus glabrirostris Küster, 1849

Synonyms Liparus glabirostris

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • klikoroh devětsilovýCzech
  • Großer PestwurzrüsslerGerman
  • Gorgojo TusilagueroSpanish
  • Charançon du pétasiteFrench
  • Acsalapu-ormányosHungarian
  • HoefbladsnuitkeverDutch
  • Rozpucz lepiężnikowiecPolish
  • Липарус гладконосыйRussian
  • tvrdoň deväťsilovýSlovak
  • veliki repuhov rilčkarSlovenian
  • Жиряк гладеньконосийUkrainian
  • Großer TrägrüßlerGerman
  • Charançon des pétasitesFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the butterbur weevil

Other species in the same genus Liparus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the butterbur weevil an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the butterbur weevil as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the butterbur weevil?

The butterbur weevil (Liparus glabrirostris) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Butterbur weevil (Liparus glabrirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/butterbur-weevil

MLA

“Butterbur weevil (Liparus glabrirostris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/butterbur-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{butterbur_weevil_2026,
  title = {Butterbur weevil (Liparus glabrirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/butterbur-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}