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.[1]
Curculio elephas are similar to Curculio sayi and Curculio caryatrypes in the United States.
^Paparatti, B. & Speranza, S. (1999). Biological control of chestnut weevil (Curculio elephas Gyll.; Coleoptera, Curculionidae) with the entomopathogens fungus Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuill.(Deuteromycotina, Hyphomycetes). Archived 2018-07-03 at the Wayback Machine In: II International Symposium on Chestnut 1998. pp. 459-466.
pest of chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Europe. Curculioelephas are similar to Curculio sayi and Curculio caryatrypes in the United States. Adults feed...
Europe, Curculioelephas may occupy a similar ecological niche as Curculio sayi in North America. Curculioelephas is not as host specific as Curculio sayi...
live on oaks, such as Curculio pellitus, C. venosus and C. elephas are gathered in the "elephas clade". Species in the elephas clade have convex elytra...
probably transmitted by M. castanicola aphids. The chestnut weevil (Curculioelephas) most often damages the fruits. In Hungary, it swarms in chestnut orchards...
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