Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00195
Orphinus fulvipes
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About Orphinus fulvipes
Orphinus fulvipes belongs to Dermestidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Feeding evidence and identification
Orphinus fulvipes is a dermestid beetle included in a study of insects associated with stored silkworm cocoons in India. That study provides descriptions of both adults and mature larvae. It supplies a documented commodity association and life-stage identification resource, not evidence that stored cocoons are a host resource on Kauaʻi. The local checklist currently supports presence without identifying a Kauaʻi feeding substrate.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Current iNaturalist Kauaʻi checklist establishment table lists this taxon as introduced on Kauaʻi / Kauai County.
Account coverage
Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Orphinus fulvipes
- Family
- Dermestidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Orphinus fulvipes belongs to Dermestidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.