Orchidophilus

Orchidophilus
Orchidophilus aterrimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Baridinae
Tribe: Madarini
Genus: Orchidophilus
Buchanan, 1935
Species

6, see text

Orchidophilus is a genus of true weevils in the subfamily Baridinae. There are six species. These weevils live in orchids, and are known generally as orchid weevils. They are native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and surrounding islands, and they can sometimes be found in shipments of cultivated orchids. Two species, Orchiophilus aterrimus and O. perigrinator, are pests of orchids that have become naturalized outside their native range.

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References

  1. ↑ Buchanan, L. L. (1935). A new genus and species of orchid weevils (Coleoptera, curculionidae, Barinae). Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. 9: 45-48.
  2. ↑ Prena, J. (2008). A synopsis of the orchid weevil genus Orchidophilus Buchanan (Curculionidae, Baridinae), with taxonomic rectifications and description of one new species. Zootaxa 1783 18-30.
  3. ↑ Hawaii: O. aterrimus
  4. ↑ Hawaii: O. perigrinator