Rhynchaenus
Genus of beetles
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Rhynchaenus is a genus of beetles alternatively placed in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in Curculioninae, of family Curculionidae.[1][2] It previously included members of the genus Orchestes, but is now restricted to a vastly smaller group of species, all of which occur in Europe, Japan, or North Africa and feed on plants in the family Asteraceae.[3] Reports of its occurrence in North America refer to Orchestes species.[4]
| Rhynchaenus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Rhamphini |
| Genus: | Rhynchaenus Illiger, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Curculio viminalis Fabricius, 1775 | |
| Species | |
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