Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Forster, 1771)

Red Milkweed Beetle

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Cerambycidae

Genus: Tetraopes

Species: Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Associated Species	Type of Associate	Reference
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)	Host plant (food plant)	See photo