EPPO Global Database

Diaprepes abbreviatus(DPREAB)

Distribution details in United States of America (California)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2005
Comments
First found in Southern California (Orange and Los Angeles counties) in 2005.
References
* 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.
------- Limited distribution in California.

* Jetter, K. M. and K. Godfrey. (2009). Diaprepes root weevil, a new California pest, will raise costs for pest control and trigger quarantines. California Agriculture 63:3 121-6.