Sitophilus zeamais
E612487
Sitophilus zeamais is a species of weevil known as the maize or corn weevil, a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sitophilus zeamais canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6667793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sitophilus zeamais Context triple: [Dryophthorinae, hasMember, Sitophilus zeamais]
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A.
Sitophilus oryzae
Sitophilus oryzae, commonly known as the rice weevil, is a small beetle that is a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
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B.
Anthonomus grandis
Anthonomus grandis, commonly known as the boll weevil, is a notorious agricultural pest beetle that primarily attacks cotton crops.
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C.
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a species of flightless weevil, commonly known as the black vine weevil, that is a widespread horticultural pest of many ornamental and agricultural plants.
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D.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
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E.
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, commonly known as the red palm weevil, is a highly destructive beetle species that infests and kills various palm trees worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sitophilus zeamais Target entity description: Sitophilus zeamais is a species of weevil known as the maize or corn weevil, a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
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A.
Sitophilus oryzae
Sitophilus oryzae, commonly known as the rice weevil, is a small beetle that is a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
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B.
Anthonomus grandis
Anthonomus grandis, commonly known as the boll weevil, is a notorious agricultural pest beetle that primarily attacks cotton crops.
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C.
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a species of flightless weevil, commonly known as the black vine weevil, that is a widespread horticultural pest of many ornamental and agricultural plants.
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D.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
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E.
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, commonly known as the red palm weevil, is a highly destructive beetle species that infests and kills various palm trees worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
species of beetle
ⓘ
stored-product pest ⓘ weevil ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName |
corn weevil
ⓘ
maize weevil ⓘ |
| controlMethod |
chemical fumigation
ⓘ
grain drying ⓘ hermetic storage ⓘ use of resistant grain varieties ⓘ |
| describedBy | Motschulsky ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| development | larvae develop within grain kernels ⓘ |
| developmentType | holometabolous ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Sitophilus oryzae by slightly larger size and different genitalia ⓘ |
| distribution |
present in many temperate regions
ⓘ
worldwide in subtropical regions ⓘ worldwide in tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
major pest of stored grains
ⓘ
major pest of stored maize ⓘ |
| family | Curculionidae ⓘ |
| feedsOn |
barley
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corn ⓘ maize ⓘ rice ⓘ sorghum ⓘ stored cereals ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| genus | Sitophilus ⓘ |
| habitat |
granaries
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stored grain ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| hasBodyColor |
dark brown
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nearly black ⓘ |
| hasBodyLength | 2.5–4.0 mm ⓘ |
| hasElytraMarkings | four faint reddish or yellowish spots ⓘ |
| hasRostrum | elongated snout ⓘ |
| hostPlant | Zea mays ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| order | Coleoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| primaryDamage | internal feeding in grain kernels ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Sitophilus oryzae ⓘ |
| reproduction | females lay eggs inside grain kernels ⓘ |
| secondaryEffect |
increased grain moisture and heating
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reduction of grain quality ⓘ weight loss of stored grain ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sitophilus zeamais Description of subject: Sitophilus zeamais is a species of weevil known as the maize or corn weevil, a major pest of stored grains worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.