Kingdom Animalia Family Curculionidae Genus Rhyssomatus Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Superfamily Curculionoidea Subfamily Molytinae Scientific name Rhyssomatus lineaticollis Higher classification Rhyssomatus Order Beetle | |
Similar Beetle, Milkweed leaf beetle, Tetraopes, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, Molytinae | ||
Milkweed stem weevil curculionidae rhyssomatus lineaticollis
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (milkweed stem weevil) is a species of weevil whose adults feed on the stems of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. It is also destructive to the rare and threatened milkweed species Asclepias meadii.
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