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Palmetto weevil grubs infesting a Bismarck palm. The palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) is an insect native to Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north. [1] [2] It is the largest weevil in North America and the only kind of palm weevil in the continental United States. [1]
Rhynchophorus, or common name palm weevils, is 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 . [ 3 ]
The palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil.The adult beetles are relatively large, ranging between 2 and 4 centimetres (1 and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, and are usually a rusty red colour—but many colour variants exist and have often been classified as different species (e.g., R. vulneratus).
The tribe Rhynchophorini is the largest member of the true weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae. Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999) treated it as a distinct subfamily, Rhynchophorinae (in the family Dryophthoridae). [1] Weevils of this tribe have the pygidium (VII abdominal tergite) not covered by the elytra.
The palm weevil Rhynchophorus vulneratus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil, or Sago palm weevil.The adult beetles are relatively large, ranging between 2 and 4 centimetres (1 and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, and vary from a rusty red colour to almost entirely black; many colour variants exist and have led to considerable confusion with other ...
The South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, is a species of snout beetle. The adults are relatively large black beetles of approximately one and a half inch in length, and the larvae may grow to two inches in length.
Also called the cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, inodes palmetto and the Carolina palmetto, the sabal palmetto was designated as the official state tree by Joint Resolution Number 63 on March 17, 1939.
W. filifera appears to be resistant to the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) by a mechanism of antibiosis – production of compounds lethal to the larvae. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Currently, the desert fan palm is experiencing a population and range expansion, perhaps due to global warming [ 23 ] [ 24 ] or mustang control .