The mango industry on the U. S. mainland is small and concentrated in southern Florida.
Florida’s mango industry focuses on growing mango for seed production in nurseries and
orchards. The high-risk quarantine pest status given to mango weevil is mainly in response
to concerns from the mango industry in Florida that C. mangiferae infestation would reduce
seed germination and therefore limit seed production in nurseries and orchards (Balock and
Kozuma 1964). Recent studies suggest that infestation of, and damage to, mango seeds by
mango seed weevil does not adversely affect seed germination as previously thought (Follett
2000, Follett and Gabbard 2000). Therefore, mango seed weevil is not a high-risk pest in
terms of its potential impact on Florida’s mango industry. Nevertheless, mango seed weevil
is a pest and may cause some crop loss due to premature fruit drop and damage to fruit pulp,
albeit rarely (Follett and Gabbard 2000).