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Premnotrypes vorax Hustache, 1933

Gusano de la papa, Potato worm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Coleoptera

Suborder
Polyphaga

Superfamily
Curculionoidea

Family
Curculionidae

Genus
Premnotrypes

Species
vorax

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - not established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2014

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Food contaminant

Introduced status: Intercepted

References

Agencia de Regulación y Control de la Bioseguridad y Cuarentena para Galápagos (2017) Especies identificadas en medios de transporte. Compilado por M. Mejia & M. Ramos

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"Galapagos Species Database, Premnotrypes vorax", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25230. Accessed 5 November 2026.