The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), newly reported from Zhejiang, China and update of geographical distribution

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).