Ceratitis rosa

Ceratitis rosa, the Natal fruit fly or Natal fly, a species from the family Tephritidae of the order Diptera, is a fruit fly.[2] It was described in 1887 from specimens of Delagoa Bay, Mozambique.

Ceratitis rosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera[1]
Family:
Tephritidae
Genus:
Ceratitis
Species:
C. rosa
Binomial name
Ceratitis rosa
Karsch, 1887

Morphology

Adult flies grow up to 4 to 7 mm long and usually have banded wings, with yellow and black patterns.

Distribution

The polyphagous African[3][4] species known distribution is mainly southern and eastern Africa especially in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa (KwaZulu Natal), Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe, and the islands of Mauritius and Reunion.[5][6]

Host

In various regions of Africa, the pest is observed in over 100 species, of which, it is mostly found affecting arabica coffee, mango, papaya, guava and custard apple.[5][7]

References
  1. "Catalogue of Life: 19th November 2013". ITIS.
  2. Virgilio, M.; et al. (May 2013). "Cryptic diversity and gene flow among three African agricultural pests: Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis fasciventris and Ceratitis anonae (Diptera, Tephritidae)". Molecular Ecology. 22 (9): 2526–2539. doi:10.1111/mec.12278. PMID 23506441.
  3. Baliraine, FN; Bonizzoni, M; Guglielmino, CR; Osir, EO; Lux, SA; Mulaa, FJ; Gomulski, LM; Zheng, L; Quilici, S; Gasperi, G; Malacrida, AR (Mar 2004). "Population genetics of the potentially invasive African fruit fly species, Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis fasciventris (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Molecular Ecology. 13 (3): 683–695. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2004.02105.x. PMID 14871371.
  4. M, Virgilio; et al. (May 2013). "Cryptic diversity and gene flow among three African agricultural pests: Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis fasciventris and Ceratitis anonae (Diptera, Tephritidae)". Molecular Ecology. 22 (9): 2526–2539. doi:10.1111/mec.12278. PMID 23506441.
  5. "Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests" (PDF). CABI and EPPO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  6. Weems, H. V.; Fasulo, T. R. "Natal Fruit Fly, Natal Fly, Ceratitis rosa Karsch (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)" (PDF). University of Florida, IFAS Extension.
  7. "General Information on Pest and Damage". Infonet Biodivision. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10.

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