Orchestes fagi (C.Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Curculionidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Orchestes fagi (C.Linnaeus, 1758)

Orchestes fagi (C.Linnaeus, 1758)

Orchestes fagi, the beech leaf-miner beetle, is a European weevil that is invasive and damaging to American beech in Canada.

Family
Genus
Orchestes
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Orchestes fagi (C.Linnaeus, 1758)

Orchestes fagi, commonly known as the beech leaf-miner beetle, is a weevil species native to Europe. Its larvae develop by mining leaves of beech trees, which belong to the Fagus genus. In Canada, Orchestes fagi is an invasive species that causes damage to American beech.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae Orchestes

More from Curculionidae

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