EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera carambolae(BCTRCB)

Distribution details in French Guiana

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 546 (1994): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1996/63) : throughout coastal area and in some isolated villages in the interior. Found at Oyapuk river on border with Brazil.
References
* Anonymous (2018) Principaux organismes nuisibles par plantes hôtes en Guyane. Direction de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de la Forêt de Guyane - Service de l'Alimentation, 68 pp.
------- On Annona reticulata, Averrhoa carambola, Citrus reticulata, Chrysophyllum cainito, Eugenia uniflora, Mangifera indica, Manilkara zapota, Malpighia emarginata, Persea americana, Psidium guajava, Terminalia catappa, Spondias dulcis, Spondias monbin, Syzygium jambos, Syzygium samarangense, Ziziphus mauritiania.

* Drew RAI, Hancock DL (1994) The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) in Asia. Bulletin of Entomological Research suppl. Series 2, 1-68.

* Vayssières JF, Cayol JP, Caplong P, Séguret J, Midgarden D, van Sauers-Muller, Zucchi R, Uramoto K, Malavasi A (2013) Diversity of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) species in French Guiana: their main host plants and associated parasitoids during the period 1994–2003 and prospects for management. Fruits 68, 219-243.

* van Sauers-Muller, A.; Vokaty, S. (1996) Carambola fruit fly projects in Suriname and Guyana. CARAPHIN News, IICA, no. 13, 6-8.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Brazil Roraima Present, restricted distribution view...
Brazil Para Present, no details view...
Brazil Amapa Present, restricted distribution view...
Brazil Present, restricted distribution view...
Suriname Present, restricted distribution view...