Orchestes alni

Orchestes alni
Orchestes alni, Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Rhamphini
Subtribe:	Rhamphina
Genus:	Orchestes
Species:	O. alni
Binomial name
Orchestes alni ( Linnaeus, 1758) [1]

Orchestes alni Shothole symptoms produced by adult feeding on Siberian elm

Orchestes alni is a species of weevil native to Europe. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Reports of this species in North America were misidentifications of the closely related species, Orchestes steppensis . ^[5]

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 Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
5. 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.