Anthonomus quadrigibbus (apple curculio)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say, 1831

Preferred Common Name

• apple curculio

Other Scientific Names

• Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Fall and Cockerell
• Tachypterellus quadrigibbus magna List
• Tachypterus quadrigibbus Dietz

International Common Names

• English: cherry curculio; curculio, apple; larger apple curculio; western apple curculio
• French: charançon de la pomme

Local Common Names

• Germany: Amerikanischer Apfel-Ruessler; Ruessler, Amerikanischer Apfel-

EPPO code

• TACYQU (Anthonomus quadrigibbus)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Coleoptera
•                         Family: Curculionidae
•                             Genus: Anthonomus
•                                 Species: Anthonomus quadrigibbus

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

Plant Trade

References

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Bethune TD, Lehmkuhl DM, Steeves TA, 1979. An insect pest of saskatoons. Blue Jay, 37:130-137.

Brooks FE, 1910. Three snout beetles that attack apples: Plum curculio, apple curculio, apple weevil. Bulletin of the West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station, 126:104-124.

Buckell ER, 1930. The apple curculio as a pear pest in British Columbia. Canadian Entomologist, 62:47-49.

Bugbee R, 1967. Revision of chalcid wasps of genus Eurytoma in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 118:433-552.

Burke HR, 1968. Pupae of the weevil tribe Anthonomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Technical Monographs, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 5:1-92.

Burke HR, 1976. Bionomics of the Anthonomine weevils. In: Smith RF, Mittler TE, Smith CN, ed. Annual Review of Entomology. Volume 21. Palo Alto, California, USA: Annual Reviews Inc., 283-303

Burke HR, Anderson RS, 1989. Systematics of species of Anthonomus Germar previously assigned to Tachypterellus Fall and Cockerell (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 82(4):426-437

CABI/EPPO, 2004. Anthonomus quadrigibbus. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No. 653. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Crandall CS, 1905. The curculio and the apple. Bulletin of the University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 98:467-560.

Edwards L, 1998. Organic tree fruit management. Keremeos, British Columbia, Canada: Certified Organic Associations of BC.

EPPO, 1990. Specific quarantine requirements. EPPO Technical Documents, No. 1008. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Fulton BB, 1928. The apple curculio and its control by hogs. Journal of Agricultural Research, 36:249-261.

Gillette CP, 1890. The apple curculio. Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 11:492-494.

Hammer OH, 1932. Studies on control of the apple curculio in the Champlain Valley. Journal of Economic Entomology, 25:569-575.

Hammer OH, 1933. Further studies on the control of the apple curculio in the Champlain Valley. Journal of Economic Entomology, 26:420-424.

Hammer OH, 1936. The biology of the apple curculio (Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Say). Technical Bulletin of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 240:1-50 (Abstract in Review of Applied Entomology, Series A 25, 343-345).

Hoerner JL, List GM, 1952. Controlling cherry fruitworm in Colorado. Journal of Economic Entomology, 45:800-805.

Howitt AH, 1993. Common tree fruit pests. Michigan State University North Central Regional Extension Bulletin 63.

Lathrop FH, 1955. Apple insects in Maine. Bulletin of Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 540:26-27.

List GM, 1932. A cherry pest in Colorado. Bulletin of the Colorado State University Agricultural Experiment Station, 385:1-106.

Maier CT, 1990. Native and exotic rosaceous hosts of apple, plum, and quince curculio larvae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the northeastern United States. Journal of Economic Entomology, 83(4):1326-1332

Metcalf RL, Metcalf RA, 1992. Destructive and useful insects. Their habits and control. Destructive and useful insects. Their habits and control., Ed. 5:1104 pp.; ref.

Petch CE, 1926. The apple curculio and its control in Quebec. Canada Department of Agriculture, Entomology Branch Circular 36.

Riley CV, 1871. The apple curculio. Third annual report of the noxious, beneficial and other insects of the State of Missouri, 29-35.

Ritcher PO, 1936. Host relationships of the larger apple curculio, Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Magnus List. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 9:94-99.

Ritcher PO, 1936. Larger apple curculio in Wisconsin. Journal of Economic Entomology, 29:697-701.

Smith IM, McNamara DG, Scott PR, Holderness M, 1997. Quarantine pests for Europe. Second Edition. Data sheets on quarantine pests for the European Union and for the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. Quarantine pests for Europe. Second Edition. Data sheets on quarantine pests for the European Union and for the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization., Ed. 2:vii + 1425 pp.; many ref.

Steeves TA, Lehmkuhl DM, Bethune TD, 1979. Damage to saskatoons, Amelanchier alnifolia, by the apple curculio, Tachypterellus quadrigibbus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Canadian Entomologist, 111(6):641-648

StPierre RG, 1989. Magnitude, timing, and causes of immature fruit loss in Amelanchier alnifolia (Rosaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany, 67(3):726-731

St-Pierre RG, 1997. Growing Saskatoons - A manual for orchardists. Saskatoon, Canada: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan.

StPierre RG, Lehmkuhl DM, 1990. Phenology of Hoplocampa montanicola Rohwer (Tenthredinidae) and Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say (Curculionidae) on their host plant Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt. (Rosaceae) in Saskatchewan. Canadian Entomologist, 122(9-10):901-906

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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