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Chromatic cues to trap the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis

Journal of Insect Physiology, 2007
Various colors have been used as visual cues to trap insect pests. For example, yellow traps for monitoring and control of the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) have been in use for a very long time. However, the chromatic cue of using color traps has never been meticulously investigated.
Yu-Po Chen, Wen-Yen Wu, En-Cheng Yang, En-Cheng Yang   +3 more
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Responses of fruit flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae) to novel male attractants in north Queensland, Australia, and improved lures for some pest species [PDF]

, 2015
Male fruit fly attractants, cue-lure and methyl eugenol (ME), have been successfully used for the last 50 years in the monitoring and control of Dacini fruit flies (Bactrocera and Dacus species).
Royer, J. E.
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Paying Patience Back to Impatiens (Balsaminaceae): Hidden Biodiversity in the Qinling‐Bashan Mountains, China

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
This article reveals the hidden biodiversity of Impatiens from the Qinling‐Bashan Mountains, China. Five new species are described here, and five species are reported from the Qinling‐Bashan Mountains for the first time. ABSTRACT The Qinling‐Bashan Mountains mark the natural division of the temperate and subtropical climate zones in China.
Zhang‐Jie Huang, Pei‐Liang Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of olfactory receptor in oriental fruit fly Dacus dorsalis [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1979
Male oriental fruit flies ( Dacus dorsalis ) from colonies in Taiwan and Hawaii were evaluated for limit of response to various analogues of methyl eugenol. The results are interpreted in terms of the geometry and allosteric requirements of the antennal receptor that triggers the characteristic methyl eugenol reflex.
Esther R. Metcalf, Lena W. Y. Lee, Robert L. Metcalf, W. C. Mitchell   +3 more
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Rearing Fopius arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Mediterranean Fruit Fly and its Introduction into Senegal against Oriental Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]

, 2016
Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (aka B. invadens Drew, Tsuruta, and White), a serious pest of tropical fruits, particularly mango, was first reported in Africa in 2003 and quickly spread to over 27 countries.
Badji, Kemo, Harris, Ernest J., Leblanc, Luc, Mackey, Bruce, McKenney, Michael, Vargas, Roger I.   +5 more
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Exotic fruit fly pests and California agriculture

California Agriculture, 1989
Because of their worldwide distribution and numbers, future introductions of fruit flies into California are inevitable. Infestations of economically important pests, including but not limited to the medfly, Mexican fruit fly, and oriental fruit fly, are
J Carey, R Dowell
doaj  

Bacterial communities in the gut of wild and mass-reared Zeugodacus cucurbitae and Bactrocera dorsalis revealed by metagenomic sequencing

BMC Microbiology, 2019
Background Insect pests belonging to genus Bactrocera sp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) pose major biotic stress on various fruits and vegetable crops around the world. Zeugodacus and Bactrocera sp.
Ashok B. Hadapad, Suresh K. G. Shettigar, Ramesh S. Hire   +2 more
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Geography of Life Histories in a Tropical Fauna: The Case of Indian Butterflies

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
The current study examines the butterfly species composition across India's 36 states and territories by utilising an updated checklist and ordination analyses. It incorporates life history traits to provide a deeper ecological understanding. Although India's butterfly fauna has been extensively researched, analyses based on trait composition are a ...
Gaurab Nandi Das, Zdenek Faltynek Fric, Martin Konvicka   +2 more
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“My Xene.” Care, Affect, and Creative Non‐Fiction Among Mothers and Daughters

Anthropology and Humanism, EarlyView.
Eleni Sideri
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The phylogenetic placement of a new species of Amomum (Zingiberaceae) from the Philippines

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2025, Issue 9, September 2025.
During recent fieldwork in Pasonanca Natural Park, Zamboanga City, Philippines, we collected a ginger species belonging to Amomum sensu stricto that resembled the Bornean endemic Amomum stenosiphon. In phylogenetic analyses based on ITS trnK/matK sequences, the Philippine collections formed a monophyletic group but did not group with A.
Rudolph Valentino A. Docot, Lyle Christian P. Santiago, Kean Roe F. Mazo, Mark Gregory Q. Rule, Thomas Haevermans, Axel Dalberg Poulsen   +5 more
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