Sitona cylindricollis, the sweetclover weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America,[1] where it is a pest of sweetclover and alfalfa. Larvae feed on the root nodules of these plants, eventually pupating near the soil surface.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sitona |
| Species: | S. cylindricollis
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| Sitona cylindricollis (Fahraeus, 1840)
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Sitona cylindricollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Sitona cylindricollis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Sitona cylindricollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Sitona cylindricollis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ Loan, C. (1 October 1961). "Introduction of European Parasites of Sitona spp. for Control of the Sweetclover Weevil, Sitona cylindricollis, in Canada". Journal of Economic Entomology. 54 (5): 1026–1031. doi:10.1093/jee/54.5.1026. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links
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