EPPO Global Database

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus(RHYCFE)

Distribution details in Portugal (Madeira)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 258 (2016): Present, restricted distribution
References
* Bella S, Aguiar AF (2020) Non-native insect pests from the Madeira archipelago (Portugal): new records and further data (Insecta: Orthoptera; Thysanoptera; Hemiptera; Coleoptera; Diptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera). Fragmenta Entomologica 52(2), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/469
------- Specimens found on Phoenix canariensis in Camacha in June 2015.

* European Commission DG for Health and Consumers (2011) The insect killing our palm trees. EU efforts to stop the red palm weevil. 31 pp. ISBN 978-92-79-21268-0.

* Fremlin M (2019) Red plam weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Col: Curculionidae) and mystery flower chafer cocoons found in a Canary Island date palm stump in the Algarve. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 78, 28-44.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Islas Baleares Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Islas Canárias Absent, pest eradicated view...