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Switzerland

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
1175
Threatened
84
CR + EN + VU
Population
8.654.622
Area
41.284 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 36
Vulnerable 27
Near Threatened 55
Least Concern 390
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 614
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 791
Plantae 352
Fungi 22
Chromista 9
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Switzerland

Brush-Horned Sand Beetle

Orthocerus clavicornis

Least Concern

carpet beetle

Attagenus trifasciatus

Not Evaluated

De Lesse’s Brassy Ringlet

Erebia nivalis

Least Concern

Alpine Zephyr Blue

Kretania trappi

Near Threatened

Bearded False Darkling Beetle

Melandrya barbata

Endangered

Rose Stem Girdler

Agrilus cuprescens

Vulnerable

Raetzer's Ringlet

Erebia christi

Vulnerable

Red-horned Cardinal Click Beetle

Ampedus rufipennis

Vulnerable

St. Bees Seed-eater

Harpalus honestus

Critically Endangered

Moccas Beetle

Hypebaeus flavipes

Endangered

Cosnard's Net-winged Beetle

Erotides cosnardi

Vulnerable

Currant Stem Girdler

Agrilus ribesi

Data Deficient

Milichiid fly

Desmometopa varipalpis

Not Evaluated

Leafy spurge stem boring beetle

Oberea erythrocephala

Not Evaluated

Violet Click Beetle

Limoniscus violaceus

Not Evaluated

Bast Bark Beetle

Ernoporus tiliae

Least Concern

Anobiid beetle

Priobium carpini

Near Threatened

Cobweb Beetle

Ctesias serra

Least Concern

Italian River Snail

Viviparus ater

Least Concern

Hairy Click Beetle

Synaptus filiformis

Not Evaluated

Maple wood-boring beetle

Gastrallus immarginatus

Endangered

Darkling beetle

Myrmechixenus vaporariorum

Least Concern

Metallic wood-boring beetle

Agrilus derasofasciatus

Near Threatened

St. John's wort root borer

Agrilus hyperici

Not Evaluated

Grisons Fritillary

Melitaea varia

Least Concern

Spanish Moon Moth

Graellsia isabellae

Data Deficient

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

laurel scale

Aonidia lauri

Not Evaluated

euonymus scale

Unaspis euonymi

Not Evaluated

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

Bulb and potato aphid

Rhopalosiphoninus latysiphon

Not Evaluated

Arborvitae Leafminer

Argyresthia thuiella

Not Evaluated

Locust Digitate Leafminer

Parectopa robiniella

Not Evaluated

Australian carpet beetle

Anthrenocerus australis

Not Evaluated

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Not Evaluated

Cellar spider

Micropholcus fauroti

Not Evaluated

The Japanese maple leafhopper

Japananus hyalinus

Not Evaluated

Carline Thistle Leafhopper

Euscelis venosa

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Macropsis vicina

Not Evaluated

Flor’s leafhopper

Fieberiella florii

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

Mexican Grass-Carrying Wasp

Isodontia mexicana

Not Evaluated

Large peach aphid

Myzus varians

Not Evaluated

balsam fir aphid

Cinara curvipes

Not Evaluated

read-headed ash borer

Neoclytus acuminatus

Not Evaluated

Asian chestnut gall wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Not Evaluated

Russian-vine

Fallopia baldschuanica

Not Evaluated

Duckwheat

Fagopyrum tataricum

Not Evaluated

Dooryard dock

Rumex longifolius

Least Concern

Asiatic dock

Rumex confertus

Not Evaluated

Garden sorrel

Rumex thyrsiflorus

Least Concern

marsh dock

Rumex palustris

Least Concern

Common Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Not Evaluated

Annual rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

Not Evaluated

Fowl Manna Grass

Glyceria striata

Not Evaluated

Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Hawk's-beard

Crepis pulchra

Not Evaluated

Hawk's-beard

Crepis sancta

Not Evaluated

Chinese mugwort

Artemisia verlotiorum

Not Evaluated

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