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Lucerne weevil

Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal, 1834

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The lucerne weevil (Sitona discoideus) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the lucerne weevil

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
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 lucerne weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Australia

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 lucerne 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 lucerne weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusSitona
  7. SpeciesSitona discoideus Gyllenhal, 1834

Synonyms Sitona allardi, Sitona kraussei, Sitona maculatus, Sitones biseriatus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Alfalfa root weevilEnglish
  • Sitona weevilEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lucerne weevil

Other species in the same genus Sitona.

Pea weevil

Sitona lineatus

CurculionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lucerne weevil an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the lucerne weevil?

The lucerne weevil (Sitona discoideus) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lucerne weevil (Sitona discoideus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lucerne-weevil

MLA

“Lucerne weevil (Sitona discoideus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lucerne-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{lucerne_weevil_2026,
  title = {Lucerne weevil (Sitona discoideus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lucerne-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}