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Introduction |
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Classification |
Diptera : Tephritidae : Dacinae |
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Referees |
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Synonyms |
Bactrocera latifron |
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Common names |
fruit fly, Malaysian fruit fly, mosca de la fruta de Malasia, Solanum fruit fly (
full list
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This is an oriental species which attacks mainly solanaceous crops such as chilli, eggplant and tomato. |
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Management |
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It is important to keep in mind that
B. latifrons
is not known to respond to any of the standard lures used in fruit fly monitoring (neither methyl
eugenol
, nor cue lure is attracting this species), which makes surveying a completely different matter compared to
Bactrocera invadens
.
'Latilure' and 'cade oil' ('alpha ionol' and 'cade oil') are used with Jackson traps. However if the environment is hot and dusty, more frequent trap servicing or different traps should be used (
McQuate G.T. et al., 2004
).
There has been some work done on
biocontrol
of
B. latifrons
in
Hawaii
using
Fopius arisanus
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Host notes |
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Most important host plants are capsicum, tomato and other solanacous. Besides chilli pepper and egg plant are of importance (
Drew and Hancock, 1994
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Distribution |
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B. latifrons
is an oriental species (China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand) but also with adventive populations in Hawaii.
Present in Oriental Asia and Pacific Ocean (
Drew,1978
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Drew and Hancock, 1994
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Updated: 2024-04-26 10:11:16 gmt
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