Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
(Rhyssomatus lineaticollis)
Description
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (milkweed stem weevil) is a species of weevil whose adults feed on the stems of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. It is also destructive to the rare and threatened milkweed species Asclepias meadii.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Curculionidae
Genus:Rhyssomatus
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