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Lovage weevil

Otiorhynchus ligustici (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The lovage weevil (Otiorhynchus ligustici) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 39 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the lovage weevil

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8 mm – 1.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One every two years or more
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
39 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the lovage weevil?

LOVAGE WEEVIL · LENGTH 1.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the lovage weevil is about 0.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the lovage 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 lovage weevil is listed for 39 countries.

CanadaKazakhstanNorwayTurkmenistanIranArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Belarus
  5. Belgium
  6. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Canada
  9. Croatia
  10. Czechia
  11. Denmark
  12. Estonia
  13. Finland
  14. Georgia
  15. Germany
  16. Greece
  17. Hungary
  18. Iran
  19. Italy
  20. Kazakhstan
  21. Latvia
  22. Liechtenstein
  23. Lithuania
  24. Moldova
  25. Montenegro
  26. Netherlands
  27. North Macedonia
  28. Norway
  29. Poland
  30. Romania
  31. Serbia
  32. Slovakia
  33. Slovenia
  34. Sweden
  35. Switzerland
  36. Türkiye
  37. Turkmenistan
  38. Ukraine
  39. 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 lovage 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 lovage 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 lovage weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusOtiorhynchus
  7. SpeciesOtiorhynchus ligustici (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Curculio collaris, Curculio levistici, Curculio ligustici, Curculio monopterus, Curculio muelleri, Curculio rugosus, Liophloeus bruckii, Otiorhynchus agnatus, Otiorhynchus asper, Otiorhynchus brachypterus, Otiorhynchus comes, Otiorhynchus debilicornis, Otiorhynchus hormuzachii, Otiorhynchus hormuzakii, Otiorhynchus incertus, Otiorhynchus ledereri, Otiorhynchus muticus, Otiorhynchus polonicus, Otiorhynchus similis, Otiorhynchus vicarius, Otiorhynchus xanthotrichus, Otiorrhynchus ligustici

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Alfalfa snout beetleEnglish
  • lalokonosec libečkovýCzech
  • LucernerodgnaverDanish
  • Kleeluzerne-RüsslerGerman
  • liperikorvakärsäkäsFinnish
  • Otiorhynque du troèneFrench
  • vincellér-gyalogormányosHungarian
  • Liucerninis pjovėjasLithuanian
  • LigusterlapsnuitkeverDutch
  • Opuchlak lucernowiecPolish
  • Скосарь люцерновыйRussian
  • nosánik ligurčekovýSlovak
  • klotöronvivelSwedish
  • Довгоносик люцерновий кореневийUkrainian
  • Liguster snudebilleDanish
  • LucerneøresnudebilleDanish
  • Luzerne-DickmaulrüßlerGerman
  • Charançon gris à étuis réunis & chagrinésFrench
  • Charançon gris de la luzerneFrench
  • Otiorhynque de la livècheFrench
  • Liguster kortsnuitkeverDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lovage weevil

Other species in the same genus Otiorhynchus.

Vine weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the lovage weevil?

An adult lovage weevil measures 8 mm – 1.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the lovage weevil live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the lovage weevil for 39 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the lovage weevil an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lovage 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 lovage weevil?

The lovage weevil (Otiorhynchus ligustici) 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). Lovage weevil (Otiorhynchus ligustici). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lovage-weevil

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BibTeX
@misc{lovage_weevil_2026,
  title = {Lovage weevil (Otiorhynchus ligustici)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lovage-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}