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Pest description
and crop damage Adults are grayish brown, slender weevils about 1⁄5
inch long, with a short snout. Adults chew notches out of alfalfa
leaflet
margins and sometimes can defoliate new seedling alfalfa, causing
serious stand
loss.
Management—chemical
control
No products are
registered
specifically to control this pest.
Notes
Zeta-cypermethrin
(Mustang) is registered for alfalfa weevil and Egyptian alfalfa weevil.
Pea leaf
weevil is not listed on the label.Source: 2005 PNW Insect Management Handbook
Updated April 12, 2005-jn