Summary description from Wikipedia:

Arocatus rusticus in languages:

English

Common Small Milkweed Bug

English

Common Milkweed Bug

English

Swan plant seed bug

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Parent Taxon

• Arocatus

Sibling Taxa

• Arocatus aenescens
• Arocatus aurantium
• Arocatus chiasmus
• Arocatus elegantulus
• Arocatus fastosus
• Arocatus longicephalus
• Arocatus longiceps
• Arocatus melanocephalus
• Arocatus montanus
• Arocatus nanus
• Arocatus nicobarensis
• Arocatus pilosulus
• Arocatus roeselii
• Arocatus rubromarginatus
• Arocatus rufipes
• Arocatus rusticus
• Arocatus sericans species-group
• Arocatus suboeneus

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