Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chalepistes costifer being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chalepistes compressus
- Brachyolus punctatus
- Chalepistes rhesus
- Chalepistes rubidus
- Catoptes binodis
- Leptopius tetraphysodes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Chalepistes
- Species
- Chalepistes costifer
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