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Coffee bean weevil

Araecerus fasciculatus (DeGeer, C., 1775)

Status not recordedbeetles

The coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus) is a species in the family Anthribidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the coffee bean weevil

Weight
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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 coffee bean weevil live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the coffee bean weevil as introduced in 12 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Latviainvasive
  3. Austria
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Canary Islands
  6. Denmark
  7. Ecuador
  8. France
  9. Japan
  10. Poland
  11. Sweden
  12. Venezuela

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 coffee bean weevil 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 coffee bean weevil classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyAnthribidae
  6. genusAraecerus
  7. SpeciesAraecerus fasciculatus (DeGeer, C., 1775)

Synonyms Amblycerus japonicus, Anthribus coffeae, Anthribus peregrinus, Araecerus cacao, Araecerus coffae, Araecerus coffaea, Araecerus coffeae, Araecerus fasciculatum, Araecerus griseus, Araecerus japonicus, Araecerus peregrinus, Araecerus seminarius, Araeocerus fasciculatus, Bruchus cacao, Bruchus capsincola, Curculio fasciculatus, Macrocephalus cacao, Macrocephalus coffeae, Phloeobius griseus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • kahvikärsäkäsFinnish
  • bruche des grains de caféFrench
  • ワタミヒゲナガゾウムシJapanese
  • 술소바구미Korean
  • kobielatka kawowaPolish
  • Caruncho-do-CaféPortuguese
  • Ложнослоник кофейныйRussian
  • Kahve BöceğiTurkish
  • 咖啡豆象Chinese
  • 長角象鼻蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the coffee bean weevil

Other species in the same genus Araecerus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the coffee bean weevil an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the coffee bean weevil as invasive in 2 countries: China and Latvia. It lists it as introduced in 12 in all.

What kind of animal is the coffee bean weevil?

The coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus) belongs to the family Anthribidae 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). Coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coffee-bean-weevil

MLA

“Coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coffee-bean-weevil.

BibTeX
@misc{coffee_bean_weevil_2026,
  title = {Coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coffee-bean-weevil},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}