Sluggish weevil
| Cleonis piger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Lixinae |
| Genus: | Cleonis |
| Species: | C. piger |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleonis piger | |
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: Cleonis pigra, Cleonus piger, Cleonus pigra[1]
It is identified by double V-pattern elytra and a rostrum with three sulci.[1]
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