Sluggish weevil
Cleonus piger | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Lixinae |
Genus: | Cleonus |
Species: | C. piger |
Binomial name | |
Cleonus piger (Scopoli, 1763) | |
The sluggish weevil is a weevil species recorded in Britain and native to Eurasia. It was introduced into North America to help control creeping thistle.[1]
It has various taxonomic synonyms: Cleonus pigra, Cleonus piger, Cleonis pigra[1]
It is identified by double V-pattern elytra and a rostrum with three sulci.[1]
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