EPPO Global Database

Anthonomus grandis(ANTHGR)

Distribution details in United States of America (Tennessee)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, pest eradicated
From CABI Pest map 012 (1993): Present, no details
Comments
Present only in the western part of the state, north of Mississippi, where it is under eradication. A cotton-growing area in the south of Tennessee is boll weevil-free.

Now eradicated.
References
* Lambert L, Lentz GL, Cherry ET (1979) Environmental Entomology 8(6), 1092-1094.

* Mullins JW, Lentz GL (1981) Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 16(1), 21-27.

* Raszick TJ (2021) Boll weevil eradication: a success story of science in the service of policy and industry. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 114(6), 702-708.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, widespread view...