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Button beetle

Coccotrypes dactyliperda (Fabricius, J.C., 1802)

Status not recordedbeetles

The button beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda) is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the button beetle

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the button beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the button beetle as introduced in 8 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Denmark
  3. Ecuador
  4. France
  5. Poland
  6. Slovenia
  7. United Kingdom
  8. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the button beetle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the button beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusCoccotrypes
  7. SpeciesCoccotrypes dactyliperda (Fabricius, J.C., 1802)

Synonyms Bostrichus dactyliperda, Cocotrypes dactyliperda, Scolytus dactyliperda

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Date stone beetleEnglish
  • Date stone borerEnglish
  • Palm seed borerEnglish
  • Dattel-BorkenkäferGerman
  • タネノキクイムシJapanese
  • PalmzaadkeverDutch
  • Пальмовый короедRussian
  • 枣核椰小蠹Chinese
  • 棕榈核小蠹Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the button beetle

Other species in the same genus Coccotrypes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the button beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the button beetle as introduced in 8 countries, including Austria, Denmark, Ecuador, France and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the button beetle?

The button beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda) belongs to the family Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Button beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-beetle

MLA

“Button beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{button_beetle_2026,
  title = {Button beetle (Coccotrypes dactyliperda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/button-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}