Sluggish weevil

Cleonus piger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} bugguide.net

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