| Cosmopolites | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Sphenophorini |
| Genus: | Cosmopolites Chevrolat, 1885 |
| Species | |
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Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily [1] and tribe Sphenophorini. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus. [2] [3]
The genus contains at least five described species, including the following:
Borer may refer to:
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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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