Impact of the Invasive Beech Leaf-Mining Weevil, Orchestes fagi, on American Beech in Nova Scotia, Canada

• Published in: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
• Main Authors: Jonathan D. Sweeney, Cory Hughes, Honghao Zhang, N. Kirk Hillier, Andrew Morrison, Rob Johns
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: impact; invasive; Orchestes fagi; beech leaf-mining weevil; American beech; envir; archeo; Canada; Breton Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00046; https://doaj.org/article/79cfc9019f34485dba85c17cb0b9a63c

The beech leaf-mining weevil, Orchestes fagi (L.), is native to Europe where it commonly attacks European beech. The weevil was discovered infesting American beech in Halifax and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2012, but anecdotal reports of defoliated beech in the Halifax area as early a...