Orchestes alni explained

Orchestes alni is a species of weevil native to Europe.[1] [2] [3] Reports of this species in North America were misidentifications of the closely-related species, Orchestes steppensis.[4]

Notes and References

  1. [Fauna Europaea]
  2. Morris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).
  3. Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
  4. Korotyaev B.A. (2016) New data on the changes in the abundance and distribution of several species of beetles (Coleoptera) in European Russia and the Caucasus. Ent. Review 96: 620–630.