EPPO Global Database

Diaprepes abbreviatus(DPREAB)

Distribution details in United States of America (Texas)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2001
Comments
First found in 2001 in the Rio Grande Valley.
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 Texas.

* Skaria M, French J (2001) Phytophthora disease of citrus associated with root weevils in Texas. Phytopathology 91(6-suppl.), S203.