Biology:Sluggish weevil
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Cleonis |
| Species: | C. pigra
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| Binomial name | |
| Cleonis pigra (Scopoli, 1763)
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The sluggish weevil or large thistle weevil, Cleonis pigra, is a weevil species recorded in Britain and native to Eurasia. It was introduced into North America to help control creeping thistle.[1] This species develops in the roots of plants on the family Asteraceae.[2]
It appears spelled different ways in the literature: Cleonis piger, Cleonus piger, Cleonus pigra,[1] but the correct spelling under ICZN Article 31.2 is Cleonis pigra[3]
It is identified by double V-pattern elytra and a rostrum with three sulci.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 bugguide.net
- ↑ Skuhrovec, J., Volovnik, S., Gosik, R., Stejskal, R., and Trnka, F. Cleonis pigra (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae): morphological re-description of the immature stages, keys, tribal comparisons and biology // Insects, 2019, 10 (9): 325 (1–25) (with) — https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/10/325/pdf
- ↑ ICZN Online
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
Wikidata ☰ Q588619 entry
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