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INJURIES TO PEPPERS IN CALIFORNIA BY ANTHONOMUS 
EUGENI I CANO 
By Roy E. Campbell, Associate Entomologist, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, 
Alhambra, California 
Abstract 
During 1923 the pepper weevil (. Anthonomus eugenii) was found to be present in 
several pepper fields in Southern California. The insect was most abundant during 
November and December and practically all of the late peppers in the infested fields 
were destroyed. Injury to the pods resulted in decay which usuallv started in the 
seed cluster and in small peppers the growth was checked and the pods distorted. 
On November 23, 1923, the writer’s attention was called to the 
condition of a 5-acre field of Chinese Giant bell peppers about 2 miles 
north of La Habra, in the southern part of Los Angeles County, 
Calif. The grower stated that an insect was damaging the peppers to 
such an extent that he would not even recover the cost of the seed from 
the planting. The pods set profusely, but became misshapen, turned red 
prematurely, failed to mature, and many dropped from the plant. 
On examination they proved to be infested with small larvae. Some 
pods were collected, from which a few days later small beetles emerged. 
These were identified by Dr. F. H. Chittenden as Anthonomus eugenii 
Cano, the pepper weevil. 1 This is the first record of the occurrence of 
this insect in California. It was previously recorded from Texas, 
1 This species is treated under the name of Anthonomus aeneotinctus Champion in 
Bulletins 54 and 63, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
