Florida Entomologist (2009) 92, 386-387

Yuezhong Li, Zeng-Rong Zhu, Ruiting Ju and Lian-Sheng Wang (2009)
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), newly reported from Zhejiang, China and update of geographical distribution
Florida Entomologist 92 (2), 386-387
Abstract: The red palm weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus was newly recorded in 2007 from eastern China's Zhejiang Province and all coastal provinces of China from Shanghai southward have reports of isolated distributions of RPW The total number of provinces with the weevil increased to 9 and the other inland provinces are under threat of invasion. The project was funded by the National Basic Research and Development Program of China (973 Program Grant No. 2009CB119200).
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Database assignments for author(s): Zeng-Rong Zhu

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus		China (NE)
	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus		China (NW)
	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus	Phoenix (genus)	China (south)