Originally introduced from South America, it has established itself well in the western States.
Fuller rose beetle is found in the southern and western states on many hosts including acacia, box elder, citrus, oak, photinia, Rhaphiolepis, rose, and Prunus and Pyrus species. Fuller rose beetle adults are sturdy brown flightless snout beetles with bulging eyes. Larvae are yellow and oblong. Many other weevil species can be pests on landscape plants.