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red milkweed beetle

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, the red milkweed beetle, is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae. Explanation of names The binomial genus and species names are both derived from the Ancient Greek for "four eyes." As in many longhorn beetles, the antennae are situated very near the eye–in the red milkweed beetle, this adaptation has been carried to an extreme: the antennal base actually bisects the eye.

Distribution

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