Cosmopolites sordidus

Cosmopolites sordidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Tribe: Sphenophorini
Genus: Cosmopolites
Species:
C. sordidus
Binomial name
Cosmopolites sordidus
(Germar, 1824)
Synonyms

Calandra sordida Germar, 1824

Cosmopolites sordidus, commonly known as the banana root borer, banana borer,[1] or banana weevil,[2] is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is a pest of banana cultivation and has a cosmopolitan distribution, being found in all parts of the world in which bananas are grown.[1] It is considered the most serious insect pest of bananas.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Banana weevil". Infonet-Biovision. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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