Kingdom Animalia Family Curculionidae Genus Cleonus Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle | Class Insecta Subfamily Lixinae Scientific name Cleonus piger Rank Species | |
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Similar Beetle, Cleonus, Ptilodon cucullina, Eulithis testata, Aplasta ononaria | ||
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.
It has various taxonomic synonyms: Cleonus pigra, Cleonus piger, Cleonis pigra
It is identified by double V-pattern elytra and a rostrum with three sulci.
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