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Knapweed root weevil

Cyphocleonus achates

BIOLOGY: C. achates adults emerge from June to September. They are large (14-15mm long) and live for 2-3 weeks. Females lay one egg at a time in the root crown just below the soil. A female will mate and lay eggs over 100 times. Larvae undergo 4 instars. The fourth instar overwinters and pupates in June.

DESTRUCTIVE STAGE: Larvae (root feeding and root galling)

IMPACT TO HOST: First and second instar larvae reduce root mass. Third and fourth instar larvae form swelling and galls in roots. C. achates can kill knapweed plants in a single year, but populations are often not dense enough to reduce entire stands of knapweed. C. achates will be most effective when released with other knapweed biological control agents.

REDISTRIBUTION: Adults can be collected by picking them
directly off of plants in the middle of the day in July. A release is typically 50-75 C. achates.

SPECIES OF KNAPWEED ATTACKED: Spotted knapweed is the preferred host, but also attacks diffuse knapweed.

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cyphocleonus achates
  • COMMON NAME: Knapweed root weevil
  • TYPE OF AGENT: Insect: Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
  • GENERATIONS PER YEAR: One
  • OVERWINTERING STAGE: Larvae (in the root)
Cyphocleonus achates
Cyphocleonus achates
Cyphocleonus achates

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