Anthonomus santacruzi is a species of weevil that is a promising biocontrol agent for Solanum mauritianum, a major ecological weed in high-rainfall regions of South Africa.

[1] The weevil exhibits a preference for S. mauritianum and possibly two South African native species of Solanum, namely S. linnaeanum and S.

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