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The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano, is the most important insect pest of pepper in the southern United States. This document is EENY-278, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: November 2002. EENY-278/IN555: Pepper Weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano and Cuban Pepper Weevil, Faustinus cubae (Boheman). (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (ufl.edu)
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