Ceratitis capitata, (Wiedemann)
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Ceratitis capitata |
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capitata (Wiedemann) View in CoL View at ENA
Tephritis capitata Wiedemann, 1824: 55 View in CoL .
Distribution. Introduced. Cosmopolitan; Galápagos: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.
Remarks. Ceratitis capitata was first registered in 2008. Chemical and physical control methods were employed soon after, but were unsuccessful in containing fly populations. Sterile insect technique is now in use to reduce fly populations ( Pérez-Staples et al. 2021).
Perez-Staples, D., Diaz-Fleischer, F. & Montoya, P. (2021) The sterile insect technique: success and perspectives in the neotropics. Neotropical Entomology, 50, 172 - 185. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13744 - 020 - 00817 - 3
Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1824) Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniensi maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. e regio typographeo scholarum, Kiliae, 60 pp., 1 pl. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 77322
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Ceratitis capitata
Sinclair, Bradley J. 2023 |
Tephritis capitata
Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1824: 55 |