The palmetto weevil ("Rhynchophorus cruentatus") is an insect native to Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north.
 It is the largest weevil in North America and the only kind of palm weevil in the continental United States.
 It infests palms and is considered a pest.
 Its main target is the Canary Island date palm, but date palms (a different species than the Canary Island date palm), sabal palms (the palmetto weevil's traditional target), saw palmetto (the palmetto weevil's traditional alternative target), "Washingtonia", "Pritchardia", royal palms, "Latania", coconut palms, "Caryota", and "Bismarckia" are also susceptible.
 Distressed palm trees are usually attacked, which makes transplanted trees a frequent target.
 The Palmetto Weevils mate at the base of the palm branches where the females deposit their eggs.
 The grubs then eat into the palm tree, killing it.
 After the larvae have turned into adult weevils, the damage can be seen, but by then, it is considered to be too late for the tree.
 The life cycle from egg to adult for a palmetto weevil is about 84 days.
 For prevention, it is recommended an appropriate insecticidal crown drench is done twice a year for high value palms.
Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit.
 Although its place of origin is unknown because of long cultivation, it probably originated from lands around Iraq.
 The species is widely cultivated and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
Postelsia palmaeformis, also known as the sea palm (not to be confused with the southern sea palm) or palm seaweed, is a species of kelp and classified within brown algae.
 The sea palm is found along the western coast of North America, on rocky shores with constant waves.
 It is one of the few algae that can survive and remain erect out of the water; in fact, it spends most of its life cycle exposed to the air.
 It is an annual, and edible, though harvesting of the alga is discouraged due to the species' sensitivity to overharvesting.
Chino Canyon is a 5.5 mi desert canyon, and its associated stream is a tributary of the Whitewater River in Riverside County, California, United States.
 The canyon is located in the northern part of the San Jacinto Mountains and is part of the Coachella Valley.
 It is one of the steepest canyons in North America, dropping from over 8500 ft at the south rim to less than 2700 ft on the valley floor in less than a mile.
 The southernmost, upper reaches of the canyon are bordered by Mount San Jacinto State Park.
 The canyon mouth at the north end is being encroached by the outskirts of Palm Springs, California.
 Chino Canyon is the site of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
Tamnougalt is a kasbah and date palm oasis in the Atlas Mountains, and located in the Draa River valley in Morocco, some 95 kilometers south of Ouarzazate.
 The village is close to Agdz and has a famous kasbah.
 The Jbel Kissane rises to the north dominating the landscape.
 It is the former capital of the Mezguita region and residence of former caïds.
 Its name means 'meeting point' in Tachelhit.
 Each year, in the first week of October the Moussem Ellama is held, a cultural and religious festival for all villages in the neighbourhood.
Barrow had only secondary information about this species based on above specimens and old citations.Therefore, she annotated in her monograph on the "Phoenix" as “……….
 "Phoenix andamanensis" has recorded from one locality each in both North Andaman and Little Andaman, and from Cinque and Rutland Islands.
 The modern distribution of the species is unknown”.
 During an exploration among various islands of the Andaman Archipelago in 2014, two populations of this taxon from North Andaman at Kalpong and Saddle Peak have been located by Mathew (Mathew, 2016) and made germplasm collections.
 This species is evidently rare with limited individuals at both localities.
 A germplasm collection of this lesser known endangered endemic wild date palm from Kalpong Forests is well established in the Field gene Bank of JNTBGRI (Mathew, 2016).
Thermopsis villosa, or Aaron's rod, is an herbaceous plant in the legume family.
 Its native range is in North America, in the southern Appalachian mountains.
 It is found elsewhere as an escape from cultivation.
The western tailed-blue ("Cupido amyntula") is a member of the family Lycaenidae and is seen across western North America as far north as Alaska.
 The upperside of the male butterfly is blue while the female has a darker brown band on the outer side of the wing.
 The underside is riddled with black spots, with a wingspan of 2.2 to 2.9 cm.
 The larvae feed on "Thermopsis", "Astragalus", "Oxytropis", "Vicia", and "Lathyrus" species.
Thermopsis is a genus of legumes, native to temperate North America and east Asia.
 They are herbaceous perennials and are known as goldenbanners or false-lupines.
Lethal yellowing (LY) is a phytoplasma disease that attacks many species of palms, including some commercially important species such as the coconut and date palm.
 In the Caribbean it is spread by the planthopper "Haplaxius crudus" (former name "Myndus crudus") which is native to Florida, parts of the Caribbean and Central America.
 The only effective cure is prevention, i.e. planting resistant varieties of coconut palm and preventing a park or 'golf course like' environments which attracts the planthopper.
 Some cultivars, such as the Jamaica Tall coconut cultivar, nearly died out by lethal yellowing.
 Heavy turf grasses and similar green ground cover will attract the planthopper to lay its eggs and the nymphs develop at the roots of these grasses.
 The planthoppers' eggs and nymphs may pose a great threat to coconut growing countries' economies, into which grass seeds for golf courses and lawns are imported from the Americas.

Question: Are the Date palm and Thermopsis both from North America?
Answer: no