Curculio elephas

TaxID: 238721

Basic Information

Curculio elephas

Balamin éléphant, Chestnut Weevil

Curculio elephas is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae, the true weevils. It is known commonly as the chestnut weevil. It is a serious pest of chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Europe. Curculio elephas are similar to Curculio sayi and Curculio caryatrypes in the United States.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Curculio

elephas

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Curculio elephas
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(c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas@BY
Curculio elephas
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(c) Marcello Consolo@BY-NC-SA
Curculio elephas
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(c) osoandino@BY-NC
Curculio elephas
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(c) gailhampshire@BY
Curculio elephas
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(c) Martin Vukušić@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (6 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Castanea sativa Host
Quercus ilex Host
Quercus petraea Host
Quercus rotundifolia Host
Quercus suber Host
Quercus virginiana Host

Quarantine Status (6 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
China Quarantine pests 2021
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Uruguay Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests 1989

Distribution (39 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Switzerland Present —
Cyprus Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature