Hypera postica
Clover Leaf Weevil
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Hypera
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Curculionidae | Hypera
9 AI-consensus-verified claims across 3 interaction categories.
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Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Hypera postica.
biocontrol
- This entity is the object of biocontrol by Bathyplectes curculionis · effect: beneficial
“Effects of sugar spray and aphid honeydew on field populations of the parasitoid Bathyplectes curculionis”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 93 #6492632 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Microctonus aethiopoides · effect: beneficial
“particularly using Microctonus aethiopoides, have been made in the Midwest”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
herbivory
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, on alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“Alfalfa weevils, particularly larvae, are early-season defoliators of alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“Alfalfa susceptible to the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“larvae that damage the top growth of the plant by entering and feeding on the developing buds”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“weevil mortality rates of about 70 percent”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“dense populations of alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, in alfalfa stands”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
pest pressure
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: harmful
“weevils allowed to feed until 95% of plants destroyed”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed