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Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) - Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Copyright © 2011 Mike Lewis, CISR

Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) - Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
October 26, 2010
Contributed by Mike Lewis on 9 June, 2011 - 3:13pm
Last updated 9 June, 2011 - 4:37pm

Moved
Moved from Rhynchophorus.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 9 June, 2011 - 3:20pm

 
Not R. ferrugineus?
If this is one of the same specimens mentioned in this article, then DNA testing has revealed it to be R. vulneratus instead:
http://cisr.ucr.edu/blog/mark-hoddle/the-palm-weevil-rhynchophorus-vulneratus-successfully-eradicated-from-california/
… Jay Keller, 29 October, 2015 - 6:13pm

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