Cabbage Seedpod Weevil
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Paykull) also known as C. obstrictus (Marsham)
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)

• Europe: Austria, Czech Rep., Former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Former Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
• Western Hemisphere: Canada,USA

• Primary hosts: Brassica napus (rape), Brassica rapa ssp. oleifera (turnip rape or canola)
• Secondary hosts: Brassica oleracea var. capitata (cabbage), Brassica juncea (Indian mustard), Brassica nigra (black mustard), Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (cauliflower), Brassica oleracea var. botrytis subvar. cymosa (broccoli) and other Brassicaceae (cruciferous crops).
• Wild hosts: Sinapis arvensis (wild mustard)

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James B. "Ding" Johnson, University of Idaho, USA

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