Host status for fruit flies in New Zealand
New Zealand scientists have proposed a definition and determination of the host status for multivoltine fruit fly species.
According to Cowley and associates a fruit fly host is "any fruit or vegetable in which fruit fly oviposit under field conditions, the eggs hatch into larvae, and the 1arvae acquire sufficient sustenance to form viable pupae from which adults eclose that are capable of reproduction".
Sources
Cowley, J.M.; Baker, R.T.; Harte, D.S. (1992) Definition and determination of host status for multivoltine fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) species.
Journal of Economic Entomology 85, 312-317.