Cylas formicarius
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Taxonomic position
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Cylas formicarius (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Juliana Cardona-Duque, University of Puerto Rico
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Juliana Cardona-Duque, University of Puerto Rico
Source: IPM Images
Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) - sweet potato weevil
attacks the tubers and stems of sweet potato and is usually considered the most important pest of sweet potatoes (including stored tubers) where this crop is grown. The weevil is 5-6 mm long, ant-like in shape, with blue head and elytra and red thorax and legs.
Synonyms:
Cylas turcipennis
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| • English: | sweet potato weevil |
| • Español: | picudo de la batata gorgojo del camote |
| • Français: | charançon de la patate douce |
The literature database currently contains 118 publications for Cylas formicarius. (See box above/on left.)
- Other images of Cylas formicarius (Wikimedia Commons, IPM Images and PaDIL - click to enlarge)
larva
infested sweet potato tuber
head
pronotum
posterior end
