Cylas formicarius  (Fabricius, 1798)

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Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: ​Brentidae
​Genus: ​Cylas
Species: formicarius

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• Common names: Sweet potato weevil
• Distribution: Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia
• Image locations: Chaiyaphum
• Hosts: Calystegia sepium (great bindweed), Colocasia esculenta (taro), Cuscuta (dodder), Ipomoea (morning glory), Ipomoea aquatica (swamp morning-glory), Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato), Ipomoea cairica (five-fingered morningglory), Ipomoea pes-caprae (beach morning glory), Ipomoea purpurea (tall morning glory), Ipomoea quamoclit (Cupid's-flower), Jacquemontia tamnifolia (Smallflower morning glory), Pharbitis nil (Japanese morning glory)
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Images of Cylas formicarius from Thailand.

Cylas formicarius (Fabricius,1798) 7 mm, Chaiyaphum, May

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References: 
​Invasive Species Compendium