Ironweed Curculio

Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Dryophthoridae

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Ironweed Curculio
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA

The ironweed curculio has been recorded in North America. Its habitat and native range are both in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The ironweed curculio is recorded in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 38 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Ironweed Curculio photo 3
Photo: skitterbug, CC BY
Ironweed Curculio photo 4
Photo: Jason Eckberg, CC BY
Ironweed Curculio photo 5
Photo: Nicholas Stockmaster, CC BY
Ironweed Curculio photo 6
Photo: geosesarma, CC BY

Questions people ask

Where does the ironweed curculio live?

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Dryophthoridae)

Rice WeevilRice WeevilSitophilus oryzaeCan damage your homeWheat WeevilWheat WeevilSitophilus granariusDamages trees, gardens or cropsRed Palm WeevilRed Palm WeevilRhynchophorus ferrugineusDamages trees, gardens or cropsCocklebur WeevilCocklebur WeevilRhodobaenus quinquepunctatusSouth American Palm WeevilSouth American Palm WeevilRhynchophorus palmarumDamages trees, gardens or cropsBearded WeevilBearded WeevilRhinostomus barbirostris

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodobaenus_tredecimpunctatus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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