Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, 1834
clover root weevil
on clover, etc.
parasite
Larvae ectophagously at the roots, feeding both on the plant material as root nodules.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Medicago; Pisum; Trifolium hybridum, pratense, repens; Vicia.
distribution within Europe
larva, pupa
See Gosik & Sprick.
synonyms
Sitona obsoletus (Gmelin, 1790).
references
Barratt, Barker & Addison (1996a), Delbol & & Lempe (2014a), Gosik & Sprick (2017a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Velázquez de Castro, Friedman & Borovec (2010a), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).