EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera caryeae(BCTRCR)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 550 (1994): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Widely distributed in Southern India.
References
* David KJ, Ramani S (2011) An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa 3021, 1-31.

* Jiji T, Manu CR, Akhila MU, Asokan A (2016) Male fruit flies, a new threat to black pepper cultivation in Kerala, India. Current Biotica 10(1), 67-70.
------- On Piper nigrum, damaging inflorescences.

* Kapoor VC (2005/2006) Biotaxonomy of Tephritoidea. Israeli Journal of Entomology (35-36), 459-475.

* Ramani S, David KJ, Viraktamath CA, Kumar ARV (2008) Identity and distribution of Bactrocera caryeae (Kapoor) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) A species under the Bactrocera dorsalis complex in India. Biosystematica 2, 49-57.

* Verghese A, Sreedevi K, Sudha Devi K, Nagaraju DK, Jayanthi Mala BR (2006) Pest free areas (PFA) of Bactrocera (Bactrocera) caryeae (Kapoor) in major mango belts of south India. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems 12, 75-84.