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Orchidfly

Eurytoma orchidearum (Westwood, 1869)

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The orchidfly (Eurytoma orchidearum) is a species in the family Eurytomidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the orchidfly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 orchidfly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the orchidfly as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. France
  3. Netherlands
  4. 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 orchidfly 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 orchidfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyEurytomidae
  6. genusEurytoma
  7. SpeciesEurytoma orchidearum (Westwood, 1869)

Synonyms Eurytoma phoenix, Isosoma orchidearum

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Cattleya flyEnglish
  • CattleywespjeDutch
  • CattleyawespjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the orchidfly

Other species in the same genus Eurytoma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the orchidfly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the orchidfly as introduced in 4 countries: Denmark, France, Netherlands and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the orchidfly?

The orchidfly (Eurytoma orchidearum) belongs to the family Eurytomidae in the order Hymenoptera.

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). Orchidfly (Eurytoma orchidearum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/orchidfly

MLA

“Orchidfly (Eurytoma orchidearum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/orchidfly.

BibTeX
@misc{orchidfly_2026,
  title = {Orchidfly (Eurytoma orchidearum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/orchidfly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}