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.
? Also Corylus avellana (Betulaceae).
distribution within Europe
references
Andrade & Stüben (2020a), Avgın & Colonnelli (2011a), Colonnelli, Osella & Cornacchia (2011a), Compte (1981a), 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), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).