Aclees

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Aclees
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Aclees hirayamai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Genus: Aclees
C.J.Schoenherr, 1835
Species

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Aclees is genus of fig weevil.[1][2][3] Aclees taiwanensis has become an invasive species in many countries in Southern Europe, found in France in 1997 and again in Italy in 2005, where it threatens orchards and wild plants.[4]

Species

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A total of 32[1] or 33 species[2] are currently recognized in the genus:

Origin

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The genus was first named in France 1997 however instances of the weevil were first seen in Taiwan in 1933.[4]

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