Diaprepes abbreviatus(DPREAB)
Distribution details in United States of America
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2009: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1964
From CABI Pest map 408 (1980): Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1964
From CABI Pest map 408 (1980): Present, restricted distribution
First found in Florida in 1964. Then also found in Texas in 2001, Southern California in 2005, and Louisiana in 2009.
* Ascunce MS, Ernst JA, Clark A, Nigg HN (2008) Mitochondrial nucleotide variability in invasive populations of the root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of Florida and preliminary assessment of Diaprepes sp. from Dominica. Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4), 1443-1454.
------- Widespread in Florida, limited distribution in California and Texas.
* INTERNET
State of Louisiana. Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Citrus pest found in Plaquemines Parish (dated 2009-08-26). http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/news/citrus-pest-found-in-plaquemines-parish/
* Jetter KM, Godfrey K (2009) Diaprepes root weevil, a new California pest, will raise costs for pest control and trigger quarantines. California Agriculture 63(3), 121-126.
* Peck SB (2006) The beetle fauna of Dominica, lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distribution. Insecta Mundi 20(3-4), 165-209.
* Skaria M, French J (2001) Phytophthora disease of citrus associated with root weevils in Texas. Phytopathology 91(6-suppl.), S203.
* Woodruff, RE (1964) A Puerto Rican weevil new to the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Fla. Dep. Agric. Div. Plant Ind. Entomological Circurlar 30, 1-2.
------- First record.
------- Widespread in Florida, limited distribution in California and Texas.
* INTERNET
State of Louisiana. Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Citrus pest found in Plaquemines Parish (dated 2009-08-26). http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/news/citrus-pest-found-in-plaquemines-parish/
* Jetter KM, Godfrey K (2009) Diaprepes root weevil, a new California pest, will raise costs for pest control and trigger quarantines. California Agriculture 63(3), 121-126.
* Peck SB (2006) The beetle fauna of Dominica, lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distribution. Insecta Mundi 20(3-4), 165-209.
* Skaria M, French J (2001) Phytophthora disease of citrus associated with root weevils in Texas. Phytopathology 91(6-suppl.), S203.
* Woodruff, RE (1964) A Puerto Rican weevil new to the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Fla. Dep. Agric. Div. Plant Ind. Entomological Circurlar 30, 1-2.
------- First record.