# Clover weevil (*Sitona hispidulus*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-weevil  
Data as of: 2026-11-14

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

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | 3.5 mm – 4.5 mm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Herbivore |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Recorded prey and predators

 Recorded predators: Mesophile Sunshiner (*Amara lunicollis*), Bolitobius castaneus (*Bolitobius castaneus*), Philonthus succicola (*Philonthus succicola*), Allagelena gracilens (*Allagelena gracilens*), Cucumber green spider (*Araniella cucurbitina*), Ant-spider (*Myrmarachne formicaria*), Dune wolf spider (*Xerolycosa miniata*), Zora spinimana (*Zora spinimana*), Common fox spider (*Alopecosa pulverulenta*), Amara aenea (*Amara aenea*), Brachinus explodens (*Brachinus explodens*), Cantharis fusca (*Cantharis fusca*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 2 countries. Introduced: Japan, United States. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Coleoptera
- family: Curculionidae
- genus: Sitona
- species: *Sitona hispidulus* (Fabricius, 1776)

Synonyms: *Curculio geoffroaei*, *Curculio griseus*, *Curculio hirtus*, *Curculio hispidulus*, *Curculio modestus*, *Sitona foedus*

## Common questions

### How big is the clover weevil?

An adult clover weevil measures 3.5 mm – 4.5 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### Is the clover weevil an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clover weevil as introduced in 2 countries: Japan and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

### What kind of animal is the clover weevil?

The clover weevil (Sitona hispidulus) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

### What eats the clover weevil?

Animals recorded preying on the clover weevil include mesophile sunshiner, bolitobius castaneus, philonthus succicola and allagelena gracilens. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

## Sources

- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products](https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/), CC0 1.0, 0.11. Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference.
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844), CC BY 4.0, 2.0. Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844

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