curculio

[ kur-kyoo-lee-oh ]

/ kɜrˈkyu liˌoʊ /

any of several weevils, especially one of the genus Conotrachelus, as C. nenuphar (plum curculio), which feeds on plums, cherries, and other fruits.

Origin of curculio

1750–60; < Latin: weevil, corn worm

curb weight, curbing, curbside, curbstone, curch, curculio, curcuma, curcumin, curd, curd cheese, curdle

It is as much exposed to depredations from curculio as the plum, and must be treated in the same way.

Soil Culture |J. H. Walden
The weevil (curculio) was bad enough last year so we are spraying this year.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting |Northern Nut Growers Association
The curculio or fruit worm is best controlled by jarring, as for plums (which see).

The Practical Garden-Book |C. E. Hunn
My trees are troubled with tent-caterpillar, flathead borer, and leaf-roller; and my apples with codling-moth and curculio.

The Apple |Various

Curculio nebulosus is also to be found on them, in places where the turf has been peeled; and some scarce Lepidoptera.

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) |William Kirby

curculio

/ (kɜːˈkjuːlɪˌəʊ) /

any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees

C18: from Latin: grain weevil