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Xyleborus affinis

Status not recordedbeetles

Xyleborus affinis is a species in the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about Xyleborus affinis

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 Xyleborus affinis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Xyleborus affinis as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Austria
  3. Poland
  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 Xyleborus affinis 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 Xyleborus affinis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCurculionidae
  6. genusXyleborus
  7. SpeciesXyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868

Synonyms Xyleborinus affinis, Xyleborus affinis fuscobrunneus, Xyleborus affinis parvus

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Relatives of Xyleborus affinis

Other species in the same genus Xyleborus.

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Common questions

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Is Xyleborus affinis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Xyleborus affinis as introduced in 4 countries: Australia, Austria, Poland and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Xyleborus affinis?

Xyleborus affinis (Xyleborus affinis) 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). Xyleborus affinis (Xyleborus affinis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/xyleborus-affinis

MLA

“Xyleborus affinis (Xyleborus affinis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/xyleborus-affinis.

BibTeX
@misc{xyleborus_affinis_2026,
  title = {Xyleborus affinis (Xyleborus affinis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/xyleborus-affinis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}