sweet potato root-borer

Japanese: sweet potato root-borer(英語表記)sweetpotatorootborer
sweet potato root-borer

...An insect of the family Polypteridae (illustration). It is feared as a pest of sweet potatoes, and is called the sweet potato root-borer or sweet potato weevil in English. It is said to have originated in Southeast Asia, but today it is widely distributed in tropical regions around the world and causes great damage.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sweet potato root-borer" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…甲虫目ミツギリゾウムシ科の昆虫(イラスト)。サツマイモの害虫として恐れられており,英名ではsweet potato root‐borerまたはsweet potato weevilという。東南アジアが原産地といわれるが,今日では世界の熱帯地方に広く分布し大きな被害を与えている。…

※「sweet potato root-borer」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  sweet lime

>>:  sweet potato weevil

Recommend

Manorial affairs - Shomu

A person who is authorized to govern and manage a ...

Karnasundari (English spelling)

…Bilhana was a Kashmiri Brahmin who studied the V...

Metallogenic epoch

A metallogenic period is a period when deposits of...

BIS - Bank for International Settlements

An international bank for the central banks of var...

Yamamoto Isoroku

Born: April 4, 1884 in Niigata and Nagaoka [Died] ...

Emperor Hongwu (Hong-wu-di; Hung-wu-ti)

Born in 1328 in Australia [Died] Hongwu 31 (1398),...

Herring roe - Kazunoko

Herring roe and processed products. Herring is al...

Equity - Koheiho (English spelling) equity

The legal principles and remedies developed in the...

Molecular beam spectroscopy

A branch of spectroscopy that studies atoms and mo...

Al Kawākibī (English spelling)

1849 - 1902 Syrian thinker. Originally from Alepp...

Parasite - Parasite

...However, even if herbivorous animals fit this ...

Courtauld Institute of Art

…Some of these works, along with his personal col...

Kiriuji - Kiriuji

…They appear twice a year, in spring and autumn. ...

Barnacles - barnacle

A general term for crustaceans belonging to the cl...

Female conferment - Nyojoi

〘Noun〙 A ceremony held by the Imperial Court to be...