Cylas formicarius
Sweet potatoe weevil
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Brentidae
- Genus
- Cylas
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Brentidae | Cylas
External: GBIF #1171601
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Cylas formicarius.
herbivory 2 claims
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Ipomoea batatas (Akage) · effect: harmful
“grubs cause most damage by tunnelling through the stems and storage roots”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedTsatsia H., Jackson G. · Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets #6496255 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Ipomoea batatas (Akage) · effect: harmful
“Sweet Potato Armyworms Beetles Caterpillars Cucumber Beetles Flea Beetles Weevils”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUniversity of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach (2024) · Guam Fruit and Vegetable Pesticide Guide, 6th Edition · p. 110 #6735019
pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Ipomoea batatas (Akage) · effect: harmful
“ants move underground, where they encounter the sweet-potato weevils and prey on them”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
herbivory 1
- GloBI eats Ipomoea batatas https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342729721
pollination 1
- GloBI interactsWith Ipomoea batatas https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=18035696
crop interaction 2
- GloBI interactsWith Ipomoea batatas https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=18035696
- GloBI eats Ipomoea batatas https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342729721