Sweetclover Weevil
Sitona cylindricollis Fåhraeus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

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• Asia: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Israel, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
• Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, former Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
• Africa: Morocco
• North America: Canada, USA

• Primary hosts: Medicago sativa (lucerne), Melilotus officinalis (field melilot), Trifolium repens (white clover), Vicia sativa (common vetch)
• Secondary hosts: Caragana arborescens (pea shrub), Glycine max (soyabean), Medicago lupulina (black medick), Melilotus alba, Trifolium alexandrinum (Berseem clover), Trigonella spp., Vigna (cowpea)

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