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Cylas formicarius.jpg

Cylas formicarius  (Fabricius, 1798)


​Home > Insects > Coleoptera > ​​Curculionoidea > Cylas formicarius
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: ​Brentidae
​Genus: ​Cylas
Species: formicarius

  • 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)
  • Additional notes: 
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Images of Cylas formicarius from Thailand.
Cylas formicarius (Fabricius 1798) 7 mm Chaiyaphum May.jpg
Cylas formicarius (Fabricius,1798) 7 mm, Chaiyaphum, May

References: 
​Invasive Species Compendium
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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