Abstract
The geographical distribution of the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius and the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus were investigated on sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas and wild host plants, I. india and I. pes-caprae on the Amami Islands except Kikai Island during 2010 to 2011. The number of C. formicarius male adults was determined using simple sticky traps with synthetic sex pheromone at 235 sites during November 2010 to February 2011. The occurrence of the two weevils were investigated at 109 sweetpotato fields and 97 creeping colonies of wild host plants, I. india and I. pes-caprae, sites during November 2010 to February 2011. Both weevil species were found in all islands of the Amami Islands. This was consistent with the result of 1997-1998, and the distribution of both weevils species have not changed on the Amami Islands. The occurrence of E. postfasciatus was on the increase from 1997. On Okinoerabu Island, the number of male adults of C. formicarius captured using pheromone traps were fewer than the other islands.
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