Rhynchaenus

Rhynchaenus is a genus of beetles alternatively placed in the subfamilies Rhynchaeninae or in Curculioninae, of family Curculionidae. It previously included the genus Orchestes, but is now restricted to a smaller group of species, all of which occur in Europe, Japan, or North Africa and feed on Asteraceae plants. Reports of its occurrence in North America are erroneous.

Species
A large number of species have been assigned under the Rhynchaenus genera although some species originally assigned to Rhynchaenus now belong in a different genera

Literature cited

 * Anderson, R.S. 1989. Revision of the subfamily Rhynchaeninae in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115(3):207–312.
 * Anderson, R.S., O'Brien, C.W., Salsbury, G.A. and Krauth, S.J. 2007. Orchestes alni (L.) newly discovered in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80(1):78–79.