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title: "Red Milkweed Beetle"
description: "Tetraopes tetrophthalmus — Insekten & Spinnen. Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, the red milkweed beetle, is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/red-milkweed-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Milkweed Beetle

> Tetraopes tetrophthalmus — Insekten & Spinnen. Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, the red milkweed beetle, is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

- Scientific name: *Tetraopes tetrophthalmus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 51965
- Wikidata: [Q577252](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577252)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118559](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118559)

## Names

- en: Red Milkweed Beetle
- es: Tetraopes tetraophtalmus
- fr: Longicorne de l'asclépiade

## Countries with the most observations

US (40489), CA (8523)

## Summary

Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, the red milkweed beetle, is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraopes_tetrophthalmus

## Photo

![Red Milkweed Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-milkweed-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sara L Giles · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29069656

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-milkweed-beetle?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).