Claim · #6495733
Cylas formicarius elegantulus · pest pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cylas formicarius Elegantus, is the major insect pest of sweetpotato”
- Source
- Sweetpotato Production Guides for Hawai'i
- Authors
- Valenzuela, Hector; Fukuda, Steven; Arakaki, Alton
- Year
- 1994
- Publication
- CTAHR Research Extension Series 146
- Page
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cylas formicarius is the canonical major sweetpotato pest; classification, role, and impact correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cylas formicarius elegantulus larvae bore into storage roots; well-documented major pest with high yield losses.”
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