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Clover root weevil

Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, 1834

Status not recordedbeetles

The clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the clover root 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 clover root weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusSitona
  7. SpeciesSitona lepidus Gyllenhal, 1834
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • keltahernekärsäkäsFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clover root weevil

Other species in the same genus Sitona.

Pea weevil

Sitona lineatus

CurculionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the clover root weevil an invasive species?

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

The clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus) 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 weevil (Sitona lepidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sitona-lepidus

MLA

“Clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sitona-lepidus.

BibTeX
@misc{sitona_lepidus_2026,
  title = {Clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sitona-lepidus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}