Curculio glandium Marsham, 1802

acorn weevil

on oak

Quercus robur, Dronten, IJslander, 20.ix.2019 © Arnold Grosscurt: two acorns infested by Curculio spec.

Quercus robur, Zwolle.4.ix.2019 © Arnold Grosscurt: larva of Curculio spec.

parasite

Larvae in the acorns. After the summer they are fully fed and crawl into the soil, but wait up to three years before they pupate.

host plants

Fagaceae, monophagous

Quercus cerris, faginea, ilex, petraea, pubescens, pyrenaica, robur, rotundifolia, suber.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

references

Colonnelli, Osella & Cornacchia (2011a), Delbol (2013a), Dieckmann (1988a), Dieckmann & Herger (1985a), Fernández-Carrillo & Fernández-Carrillo (2010a), Knutelski & Surowiak (2011a), le Monnier (2002a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Ugarte San Vicente (2005a).