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Clover root rot

Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham, T., 1802)

Status not recordedbeetles

The clover root rot (Hylastinus obscurus) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the clover root rot

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

Where does the clover root rot live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clover root rot 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 root rot 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 root rot classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusHylastinus
  7. SpeciesHylastinus obscurus (Marsham, T., 1802)

Synonyms Hylastes crenulatus, Hylastes fuscencens, Hylastes piceus, Hylastinus croaticus, Ips obscurus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Clover root borerEnglish
  • Gorse bark beetleEnglish
  • perceur des racines du trèfleFrench
  • KlaverwortelkeverDutch
  • Лубоед клеверныйRussian
  • lykokaz ďatelinovýSlovak
  • klöverborreSwedish
  • KlaverwortelboorderDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clover root rot

Other species in the same genus Hylastinus.

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Common questions

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Is the clover root rot an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clover root rot 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 root rot?

The clover root rot (Hylastinus obscurus) 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). Clover root rot (Hylastinus obscurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-root-rot

MLA

“Clover root rot (Hylastinus obscurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-root-rot.

BibTeX
@misc{clover_root_rot_2026,
  title = {Clover root rot (Hylastinus obscurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-root-rot},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}