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Clover head weevil

Hypera meles (Fabricius, J.C., 1792)

Status not recordedbeetles

The clover head weevil (Hypera meles) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 4.5 mm in length.

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Quick facts about the clover head weevil

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.7 mm – 4.5 mmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
flowerssrc for Main food
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
Onesrc for Generations a year
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the clover head weevil?

CLOVER HEAD WEEVIL · LENGTH 4.5 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.5 mm, the recorded maximum length of the clover head weevil is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the clover head weevil?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the clover head weevil

17 on record

  1. Mesophile Sunshiner Amara lunicollis2 sources
  2. Allagelena gracilens2 sources
  3. Cucumber green spider Araniella cucurbitina2 sources
  4. Ant-spider Myrmarachne formicaria2 sources
  5. Gorse orbweaver Agalenatea redii2 sources
  6. Cantharis fusca2 sources
  7. Amara aenea2 sources
  8. Amara montivaga2 sources
  9. Narrow-dimpled Sunshiner Amara similata2 sources
  10. Pale Moonshiner Amara bifrons2 sources
  11. Amara quenseli2 sources
  12. Amara plebeja2 sources
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  1. Anisodactylus binotatus2 sources
  2. Wasp spider Argiope bruennichi2 sources
  3. Tent spider Pisaura mirabilis2 sources
  4. Coal-runner Pterostichus melanarius2 sources
  5. Common stretch spider Tetragnatha extensa2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the clover head weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. United States

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 clover head 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 clover head weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusHypera
  7. SpeciesHypera meles (Fabricius, J.C., 1792)

Synonyms Brachyrhinus meles, Curculio griseus, Curculio meles, Curculio plantaginis, Curculio roeselii, Curculio roeselii, Curculio roeselin, Curculio stramineus, Curculio trifolii, Curculio trivialis, Hypera pallida, Hypera trifolii, Pachytychius poncyi, Phytonomus meles, Rhynchaenus plantaginis, Rhynchaenus stramineus, Rhynchaenus trifolii, Rhynchaenus trifoliii

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • KløverhovedgnaverDanish
  • Dachs-KokonrüsslerGerman
  • mykerökärsäkäsFinnish
  • Charançon des fleurs du trèfleFrench
  • Долгоносик клеверный листовойRussian
  • rödklöverkokongvivelSwedish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the clover head weevil

Other species in the same genus Hypera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the clover head weevil?

An adult clover head weevil measures 3.7 mm – 4.5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the clover head weevil eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

Is the clover head weevil an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the clover head weevil?

The clover head weevil (Hypera meles) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

What eats the clover head weevil?

Animals recorded preying on the clover head weevil include mesophile sunshiner, allagelena gracilens, cucumber green spider and ant-spider. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

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). Clover head weevil (Hypera meles). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-head-weevil

MLA

“Clover head weevil (Hypera meles).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-head-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{clover_head_weevil_2026,
  title = {Clover head weevil (Hypera meles)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-head-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}