Orchestes fagi

Orchestes fagi
Orchestes fagi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Orchestes
Species: O. fagi
Binomial name
Orchestes fagi
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]

Orchestes fagi is a species of weevil native to Europe.[2][3][4] The larvae mine the leaves of beech (Fagus species).[5] It is an invasive species in Canada where it is damaging to American beech.[6]


References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Morris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).
  4. ↑ Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
  5. ↑ "Orchestes fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)". British leafminers. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Morrison, Andrew; Sweeney, Jon; Hughes, Cory; Johns, Rob C. (2016). "Hitching a ride: firewood as a potential pathway for range expansion of an exotic beech leaf-mining weevil, Orchestes fagi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 149 (01): 129–137. doi:10.4039/tce.2016.42. ISSN 0008-347X.


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