ENTIMINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2009, The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2009 (106), pp. 1-34 : 26

SUBFAMILY ENTIMINAE

TRIBE EUSTYLINI

Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) 1758: 386 ( Curculio ); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. Distribution. Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona Island, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent ; widespread Antilles endemic. USA (FL, introduced, first reported in 1964). Notes. The citrus root weevil, diaprepes root weevil or sugarcane root-borer. A serious pest in Florida and the West Indies of Citrus and a wide variety of plants including many other cultivated trees and shrubs such as avocado. Adults feed on leaves and larvae bore into the roots of plants.

Diaprepes boxi Marshall 1938: 3 ; O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 55. Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic. Notes. A possible pest of Citrus .

Eustylus hybridus (Rosenschoeld) 1840: 200 ( Platyomus ); O’Brien and Wibmer 1982: 53. Distribution. Guadeloupe (type locality), St. Lucia ; Lesser Antilles endemic. Notes. On sweet peas, and rose apple trees.