EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera carambolae(BCTRCB)

Distribution details in Guyana

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1994
Eradication in: 2001
From CABI Pest map 546 (1994): Present, no details
From NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1995/21) : single individuals found in February and March 1994, according to IICA Caraphin Report, Jan-Jun 1994.

EPPO Reporting Service (1996/63) : pest continues to be found in a very limited area along the Corentyne River (Suriname border) in the east of the country.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/007) : eradication programme considered successful.

Malavasi et al. (2013): found again in 2007 after the end of the project for eradication. Found in Averrhoa carambola, Inga laurina, Mangifera indica and Syzygium samarangense.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/097) : found in fruits of Averrhoa bilimbi, Averrhoa carambola, Malpighia emarginata, and Psidium guajava.
References
* Anonymous (1994) CARAPHIN - Plant Health, January-June 1994, 45 p.

* Anonymous (2000) Status of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana as country free of Bactrocera carambolae, Carambola Fruit Fly. Carambola Fruit Fly Programme in Northern of South America, IICA, Georgetown, Guyana, October 2000, 22 pp.

* Costa JV, de Aguiar Paes JL, Souza LA, Peters P, McWatt PM, van Sauers Muller A, de Sousa MD, Adaime R (2024) New records of host plants of Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, 1994 (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Cooperative Republic of Guyana. EntomoBrasilis 17, e1048. https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1048

* Drew RAI, Romig MC (2013) Tropical fruit flies of South-East Asia. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 653 pp.
------- Guyana still appears in the distribution list.

* Malavasi A, Midgarden D, van Sauers-Muller A, Godoy MJS (2013) Manual for the control of the carambola Fruit fly in South America. CFF operation manual. Second edition, IICA

* 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...