Bactrocera occipitalis(BCTROC)
Distribution details in Taiwan
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2019: Present, few occurrences
* Chen, C. L.; Tseng, Y. H. (1993) Plant Quarantine in Asia and the Pacific: Report of an APO Study Meeting, 17-26 March, 1992, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, pp. 42-52. Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, Japan.
------- Detected in a survey during 1989-92, believed to have been recently introduced.
* Doorenweerd C, Leblanc L, Hsu YF, Huang CL, Lin YC, san Jose M, Rubinoff D (2019) ‘Taiwan's Dacini fruit flies: rare endemics and abundant pests, along altitudinal gradients’. Pacific Science 73(1), 35-59.
------- periodically reported in Taiwan but uncommon. It is predominantly found at elevations below 400 m but can occur at elevations up to 1000 m. In the surveys conducted by Doorenweerd et al. (2019), B. occipitalis comprised only 0.22% of the collected specimens.
------- Detected in a survey during 1989-92, believed to have been recently introduced.
* Doorenweerd C, Leblanc L, Hsu YF, Huang CL, Lin YC, san Jose M, Rubinoff D (2019) ‘Taiwan's Dacini fruit flies: rare endemics and abundant pests, along altitudinal gradients’. Pacific Science 73(1), 35-59.
------- periodically reported in Taiwan but uncommon. It is predominantly found at elevations below 400 m but can occur at elevations up to 1000 m. In the surveys conducted by Doorenweerd et al. (2019), B. occipitalis comprised only 0.22% of the collected specimens.