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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close-up face
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