Bactrocera strigifinis (Walker)
Male B. strigifinis (Photo: S. Wilson)
DISTRIBUTION: Australia (Eastern coastal rainforests of Queensland, as far South as Ayr District), mainland Papua New Guinea, and trapped a few times in Guadalcanal and Western Provinces of Solomon Islands.
HOST PLANTS: It has been bred from flowers of pumpkin and zucchini (both Cucurbita pepo) in PNG.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: Not determined, but probably not a significant pest.
MALE LURE: Cue-lure.
QUARANTINE SURVEILLANCE: Cue-lure trapping and regular host fruit surveys of pumpkin flowers.
OPTIONS FOR RESPONSE (If newly discovered in a country): Increased trapping, increased host fruit sampling, restriction of fruit movement, protein bait spraying.
CONTROL: Protein bait spraying on cucurbit crop.
REFERENCES:
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).
Page updated on: 17 October, 2002