This snout beetle reached Texas from Mexico around 1890 & spread into most cotton-growing areas of the U.S.
[DOC] [TLE] Cotton Boll Weevil - PaDIL Plant Biosecurity Toolbox [PAR] A little more than a century ago, Anthonomus grandis (boll weevil) migrated from 
Mexico to the U.S. and spread rapidly throughout the Cotton Belt.