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Toxicity of Malathion and Spinosad to Bactrocera zonata and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist, 2017
Recently, an outbreak of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in central Israel was reported.
Y. Gazit, R. Akiva
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LsFAMeT and LsJHAMT coordinate JH biosynthesis to regulate fecundity in Laodelphax striatellus

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus, can trigger large‐scale outbreaks when encountering suitable habitats during migration due to their strong reproductive ability. This study investigated the role of juvenile hormone (JH) in regulating SBPH reproduction.
Yan Guo, Bing‐Bing Shi, Xue‐Qi Zhang, Qiong Yang   +3 more
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Comparative Cold Tolerance in Ceratitis capitata and Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2018
Cold tolerance studies were conducted with the egg and larval stages of Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) and melon fly, Zeugodacus (Bactrocera) cucurbitae (Coquillett) in Navel oranges to determine whether quarantine cold ...
P. Follett, N. Manoukis, B. Mackey
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How Do Female Pest Tephritids Behave During Male Courtship?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
In this paper, the female role during male courtship was described for the first time in fruit flies. Our findings show that females imitate some male behaviors and suggest that certain behaviors are associated with male mating success. Indeed, the Mediterranean fruit fly displays fewer behavioral units (i.e., shorter courtship sequences) than ...
Bianca M. Almeida, Alzira Kelly Roriz, Alexandre S. Araújo, Luis Paulo S. Sacramento, Iara S. Joachim‐Bravo   +4 more
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Effects of Different Combinations of Sterile and Fertile Thaumatotibia leucotreta on Fruit Infestation and Population Growth Rate

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is a key phytosanitary pest of citrus in South Africa. The pest damages fruit by burrowing and feeding on the pulp, thus causing yield losses and export rejections. There are several T. leucotreta management strategies, such as orchard sanitation, mating disruption, attract‐and‐kill,
Michael M. Githae, Candice A. Coombes, Reyard Mutamiswa, Sean D. Moore, Martin P. Hill   +4 more
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Capacidad dispersiva de Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) entre valles agrícolas en San Juan, Argentina Dispersal behavior of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) among agricultural valleys in San Juan, Argentina

Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2008
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), díptero tefrítido cosmopolita originario del norte de África, es la principal plaga de los frutales en muchos países de América.
Leonardo M. Díaz, Fernando A. Murúa, Juan. C. Acosta, Jorge M. Escobar   +3 more
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HOSPEDEROS DE MOSCAS DE LA FRUTA ANASTREPHA SPP. Y CERATITIS CAPITATA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) EN ECUADOR

Ecuador es Calidad, 2016
Las moscas de la fruta son consideradas una de las plagas más importantes, debido al impacto económico que causan. Por tal motivo la identificación de las especies hospederas de Anastrepha spp.
José Vilatuña, Paulina Valenzuela, Julia Bolaños, Rodrigo Hidalgo, Adriana Mariño   +4 more
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An Apple a Day Does Not Keep the Weevils Away: Enhancing Vine Weevil Monitoring With Fruit‐Based Volatiles

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus Fabricius; Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is an economically important pest of soft fruit and ornamental crops worldwide. Despite extensive research over three decades, the development of an effective semiochemical lure to improve monitoring for this pest remains a challenge.
Eugenia Fezza, Joe M. Roberts, David R. Hall, Steven J. Harte, Daniel P. Bray, Toby J. A. Bruce, Lael E. Walsh, Michael T. Gaffney, Tom W. Pope   +8 more
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Dispersal capacity of fruit fly parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in irrigated coffee plantations

Scientia Agricola, 2016
Diachasmimorpha longicaudata is an Old World parasitoid of tephritid fruit flies that was widely introduced in the Americas to control pest species such as the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata.
Maria Gisely Camargos, Clarice Diniz Alvarenga, Teresinha Augusta Giustolin, Beatriz Aguiar Jordão Paranhos, Patrícia Cristina do Carmo Oliveira, Marcelo Mendes Rabelo   +5 more
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The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species

Genome Biology, 2016
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a major destructive insect pest due to its broad host range, which includes hundreds of fruits and vegetables.
A. Papanicolaou, M. F. Schetelig, Peter Arensburger, P. Atkinson, J. Benoit, K. Bourtzis, P. Castanera, John P. Cavanaugh, H. Chao, C. Childers, I. Curril, H. Dinh, H. Doddapaneni, A. Dolan, Shannon P. Dugan, M. Friedrich, G. Gasperi, S. Geib, G. Georgakilas, R. Gibbs, Sarah D. Giers, L. Gomulski, Miguel González-Guzmán, Ana Guillem-Amat, Yi Han, A. Hatzigeorgiou, P. Hernández-Crespo, D. Hughes, Jeffery W. Jones, Dimitra Karagkouni, Panagiota Koskinioti, Sandy Lee, A. Malacrida, M. Manni, K. Mathiopoulos, Angela Meccariello, S. Murali, T. Murphy, D. Muzny, Georg Oberhofer, F. Ortego, M. Paraskevopoulou, Monica F. Poelchau, J. Qu, M. Reczko, H. Robertson, Andrew J. Rosendale, Andrew E. Rosselot, G. Saccone, M. Salvemini, G. Savini, P. Schreiner, F. Scolari, P. Siciliano, S. Sim, G. Tsiamis, E. Ureña, I. Vlachos, J. Werren, E. Wimmer, K. Worley, A. Zacharopoulou, S. Richards, A. Handler   +63 more
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