Rhynchophorus, the palm weevils, are a genus of beetles in the weevil family, Curculionidae. Palm weevils are major pests of various trees in the family Arecaceae throughout the tropics including: coconut (Cocos nucifera), Areca catechu, species of the genus Phoenix, and Metroxylon sagu.Giant palm weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their threat to Florida palms. Pest Alert. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 2010. Two species are invasive pests outside their native ranges, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and Rhynchophorus palmarum. Biology and Management of South American Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in California
Species Image Common name Scientific name Native distribution black palm weevil Rhynchophorus bilineatus (Montrouzier, 1857) Moluccas, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands palmetto weevil Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Fabricius, 1775) Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north. Rhynchophorus distinctus Wattanapongsiri, 1966 Kalimantan red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (aka Calandra ferruginea (Fabricius, 1801)) tropical Asia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines Rhynchophorus labatus Ritsema, 1882 Sumatra South American palm weevil Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1758) Argentina to Paraguay and north through South and Central America to central Mexico and the Caribbean (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and perhaps Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico African palm weevil Rhynchophorus phoenicis (Fabricius, 1801) Senegal to Ethiopia and South Africa. Rhynchophorus quadrangulus Quedenfeldt, 1888 Cameroon Rhynchophorus richteri Wattanapongsiri, 1966 Sago palm weevilRhynchophorus vulneratus (Panzer, 1798) Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand
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