Coreoidea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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Ecological relationship
Current in scope taxon:   species Spartocera batatas (Fabricius, 1798)
Original in scope name: [No data recorded]
Specimen: [None]
Relationship: Herbivore/Host Plant
Out of scope taxon: Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato
Comment: A large colony of Spartocera batatas were collected in Florida on Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato), which they had badly damaged.
Data source: Halbert & Brambila. 2005. Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Coreidae), newly established in Florida. Insecta Mundi. 19(3):135-137
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