Banana root borer

Cosmopolites sordidus, commonly known as the banana root borer, banana borer, or banana weevil, 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. It is considered the most serious insect pest of bananas.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Banana root borer being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Odoiporus longicollis
• Sphenophorus striatopunctatus
• Sphenophorus necydaloides
• Scyphophorus acupunctatus
• Rhabdoscelus obscurus
• Scyphophorus yuccae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Cosmopolites

Species

Cosmopolites sordidus

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