Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 5-6

Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

GRIN Nomen number: 6746

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Common Name: abóbora-d’água (Portuguese), ash gourd (English), ash-pumpkin (English), benincasa (French), calabaza blanca (Spanish), Chinese preserving-melon (English), Chinese-watermelon (English), courge à cire (French), courge cireuse (French), donga (Transcribed Korean), dong gua (Transcribed Chinese), kandol (Tagalog), kundor (Malay), kundur (Indonesian), pastèque de Chine (French), petha ( India), Wachskürbis (German), white gourd (English), wax gourd (English), white-pumpkin (English), winter-melon (English).

Cultivated: AFRICA - East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; ASIA-TEMPERATE - China: China; Eastern Asia: Japan; Korea; Taiwan, ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: India; Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam; Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; AUSTRALASIA - Australia: Australia; NORTHERN AMERICA - Mexico; North America; PACIFIC - North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii; SOUTHERN AMERICA - Brazil: Brazil; Northern South America: Venezuela; Mesoamerica: Guatemala; Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Peru; Southern South America: Argentina; Chile.

Field Infestation: Liquido et al. 1994: From July 1990 to October 1992, a total of 12 fruits (4.27 kg) was collected on Hawaii Island. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 1 of 1 collection (100%) with an overall infestation rate of 6.3 B. latifrons per kg of fruit.

Bryonia collosa Rottler , see Cucumis melo L.

Bryonia laciniosa auct., see Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey

Bryonia palmata L., see Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey