Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)
| Common Name: | : | Sweet potato weevil or sweet potato root borer |
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| Species Name | : | Cylas formicarius Fabricius (1798) |
| Taxonomic_position | : | Cyladinae: Cyladini: Cyladina |
| Synonyms | : | Attelabus formicarius Fabricius, 1798 |
| Diagnosis | : | The head is black, the antennae, thorax and legs orange to reddish brown, and the abdomen and elytra are metallic blue. The snout is slightly curved and about as long as the thorax; the antennae are attached at about the mid point on the rostrum. |
| Host | : | This weevil feeds on plants in the plant family Convolvulaceae and its primary host is sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, railroad vine and morning glory. |
| Distribution | : | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh. | References | : | Reinhard, H.J., 1923. The sweet potato weevil (No. 308). Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College System. |
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