EENY-375 Fuller Rose Beetle, Naupactus godmanni (Crotch) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 1 Jamba Gyeltshen and Amanda Hodges 2 1. This document is EENY-375, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2006. Revised June 2009 and June 2012. Reviewed January 2016. Visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.uf.edu. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ifas.uf.edu/creatures/. 2. Jamba Gyeltshen and Amanda Hodges, Department of Entomology and Nematology; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or afliations. For more information on obtaining other UF/IFAS Extension publications, contact your county’s UF/IFAS Extension ofce. U.S. Department of Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A & M University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, dean for UF/IFAS Extension. Introduction Te Fuller rose beetle (FRB), Naupactus godmanni (Crotch), sometimes known as the Fuller rose weevil or Fuller’s rose weevil, caused considerable damage to winter rose when it was frst reported in the United States from California in 1879 (Chadwick 1965). Damage was also reported on other ornamental plants including camellias, geraniums, primroses, carnations, dracaenas, azaleas, cissus, begonias, lilies, and horticultural crops such as citrus, persimmon, apple, peach, plum, apricot, strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry (Chadwick 1965). In the United States, FRB became an issue in 1985 when Japanese quarantine inspectors detected FRB eggs on citrus fruits imported from California (Haney et al. 1987). Follow- ing this event, restrictions were imposed and detection of any viable eggs on the fruits led to mandatory fumigation of the entire shipment. Te methyl bromide fumigation treatments resulted in increased costs and fruit damage, particularly for lemons. Tis stimulated research on gamma radiation as alternative quarantine treatment (Johnson et al. 1990). Simultaneously, feld studies on ovipositional preferences were carried out to gain a better understanding of the biology and ecology in order to develop improved integrated pest management strategies (Coats and McCoy 1990). FRB has recently been removed from the Japanese quarantine pest list (Anony- mous 2006) and it would now appear to be less important as a quarantine pest, but it is potentially very damaging to many other plants of ornamental value and economic importance. Synonymy Pantomorus cervinus (Boheman), Kuschel 1949 Asynonychus cervinus (Boheman), Hustache 1947 Pantomorus olindae Perkins 1900 Naupactus simplex Pascoe 1881 Aramigus fulleri Horn 1876 Asynonychus godmanni Crotch 1867 Figure 1. Adult Fuller rose beetle, Pantomorus cervinus (Boheman), on cotton leaf. Credits: Clemson University; www. Insectimages.org