The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a serious pest of peppers, Capsicum spp., causing millions of dollars damage annually in the southern U.S.A., Mexico, Central America, Hawaii and several Caribbean islands. Pepper weevil damages the pepper crop by directly feeding and ovipositing in the fruit, causing premature abscision of all stages of peppers from flower buds to maturing pods. This insect is generally more prevalent in warm climates and, based on the earliest records of this insect and the corresponding first records of a principal host plant group, the domesticated Capsicumspp. around 7000 BC in Mexico, it is probably native to Mexico or surrounding regions. The reason pepper weevil is such an important pest relates to the difficulty of controlling this insect once it has become established in the field. Larvae feed within pepper pods, and are protected from insecticide sprays. Also, since the level of weevils required to cause economic...