Bactrocera curvipennis (Froggatt)
Female B. curvipennis (Photo: S. Wilson) DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to New Caledonia.
HOST PLANTS: Recorded from at least 41 host plant species in 30 genera and 21 families: Detailed host list.
BIOLOGY: This species is kept in laboratory colonies in New Caledonia. Larvae reared on banana-based diet. Heat tolerance studies have been completed in New Caledonia and published.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:
MALE LURE: Cue-lure.
QUARANTINE SURVEILLANCE: Cue-lure trapping and regular host fruit surveys of high risk species, especially guava, mango, Syzygium apples and Tropical almond.
OPTIONS FOR RESPONSE (If newly discovered in a country): Increased trapping, increased host fruit sampling, restriction of fruit movement, protein bait spraying, male annihilation.
CONTROL: Fruit bagging, protein bait spraying, destruction of fallen and overripe fruits, early harvest of mature green fruits.
REFERENCES:
Amice, R., Sales, F. 1997. Fruit fly fauna in New Caledonia. pp.68-76 in: Allwood, A.J., and Drew, R.A I., Management of fruit flies in the Pacific. ACIAR Proceedings No 76. 267pp. (hosts).
Drew, R.A.I. 1989.The tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Volume 26. 521 pp. (Description and illustration).
Sales, F., Paulaud, D., Maindonald, J. 1997. Comparison of egg and larval stage mortality of three fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae after immersion in hot water. pp.247-250 in: Allwood, A.J., and Drew, R.A I., Management of fruit flies in the Pacific. ACIAR Proceedings No 76. 267pp. (Heat tolerance).
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