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Mediterranean Fruit Fly
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Scientific name: Ceratitis
capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)
Common
name: Mediterranean
fruit fly, Medfly
Synonyms: Ceratitis
citriperda (MacLeay), Ceratitis
hispanica (De Brême), Paradalaspis
asparagi (Bezzi), Tephritis
capitata (Wiedemann) |
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Native To: Sub-Saharan
Africa
Date of U.S. Introduction:
1910 (Hawaii); detections in the continental U.S.
began in 1929
Images: Invasive.org and Google
Means of Introduction: Usually
through imported fruit and other crops infested with fruit fly larvae
Impact: Attacks over 400
species of host plants, including many species of citrus and vegetable
crops
Current U.S. Distribution:
Quarantine:
- Fruit
Flies (scroll down to view Quarantine and
map information)
Management Plans: Animals /
Exotic Fruit Fly Selected Internet Resources:
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Federal Government
Ceratitis
capitata
Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Taxonomy
Fruit
Flies
USDA.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Impacts; Controls; Special Note: Quarantine Areas and Action
Plan (2003; PDF | 1.1 MB)
Ceratitis
capitata
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative
Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural
Pest Information System.
Photographs; Distribution; Special Note: Recent News
Ceratitis
capitata Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA.
National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog
Search (resources)
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State Government
Mediterranean
Fruit Fly
Arizona Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Impacts; Controls
Mediterranean
Fruit Fly Pest Profile
California Department of Food and Agriculture. Plant
Health and Pest Prevention Services.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution
Pest
Alert: The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services.
Photographs; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution;
Dispersion |
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University/Academic
The
Mediterranean Fruit Fly (PDF | 135 KB)
Arizona State University. Agriculture and Life
Sciences.
Photographs; Illustrations; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls
Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata
University of California - Riverside. Center
for Invasive Species Research.
Identification/Description; Photographs;
Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution
Mediterranean
Fruit Flies (Ceratitis capitata)
eXtension.org.
Impacts; Life Cycle
Mediterranean
Fruit Fly - Featured Creatures
University of Florida. Institute of Food
and Agricultural Sciences.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Life Cycle;
Distribution; Controls
Ceratitis
capitata (Wiedemann)
University of Hawaii. Tropical Agriculture
and Human Resources. Integrated Pest Management
Program.
Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls |
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International
Ceratitis
capitata - Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests (PDF |
49 KB)
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection
Organization.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls;
Special Note: See also Photographs
Control
of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) in Backyards
Western Australia Department of Agriculture
and Food.
Photographs; Life Cycle; Controls; Legal Aspects
Ceratitis
capitata (insect) - ISSG Global
Invasive Species Database
World Conservation Union. Invasive Species
Specialist Group.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution;
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Organizations
Mediterranean
Fruit Fly, Medfly
Invasive.org.
Photographs
Ceratitis
capitata (Wiedemann)
Pest Fruit Flies of the World.
Identification/Description; Illustrations; Distribution |
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