The Red Palm Weevil in the Mediterranean Area

By M. Ferry, S. Gomez. 2002

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Predicting the Potential Worldwide Distribution of the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) using Ecological Niche Modeling (2012, methodology): “Similarly, introduction of the pest into Europe in 1993 occurred through importation of adult palms from Egypt to southern Spain (Gomez & Ferry 2002; Martin & Cabello 2006).”
Evaluation of the efficacy of Steinernema carpocapsae in a chitosan formulation against the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in Phoenix canariensis (2009, background): “Researchers have concluded that, because of the cryptic habitat of the boring stages of this weevil, chemical insecticides have to be applied frequently and over a long period of time for effective management of established populations (Murphy and Briscoe 1999; Ferry and Gómez 2002).”
Evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungiMetarhizium anisopliae andBeauveria bassiana against the red palm weevilRhynchophorus ferrugineus (2006, background): “Usually all life stages, including adults, are present within the same palm tree (5).”