Orchestes fagi

Orchestes fagi , beech leaf-miner beetle[2], is a species of weevil native to Europe.[3][4][5] The larvae mine the leaves of beech (Fagus species).[6] It is an invasive species in Canada where it is damaging to American beech.[7]

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]

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. https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orchestes_fagi
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Morris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).
  5. Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
  6. "Orchestes fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)". British leafminers. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  7. 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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