Bug FAQRough strawberry root weevil
Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Curculionidae
Also called: Weevil
The rough strawberry root weevil occurs in North America. Its presence is recorded across the continent.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 42 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Oregon, Washington, California, Ohio, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Utah.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in North America; introduced in Canada; introduced in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Same family (Curculionidae)
Green Immigrant Leaf WeevilPolydrusus formosusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Black Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Nettle weevilPhyllobius pomaceusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Asian Oak WeevilCyrtepistomus castaneusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Strawberry Root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otiorhynchus_rugosostriatus
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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.