EPPO Global Database

Ceratitis capitata(CERTCA)

Distribution details in Brazil (Amapa)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Transient
First recorded in: 2010
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Present, no details
Comments
Costa et al. (2022) considered that C. capitata is not established in Amapa. It is associated with movement of fruit coming from infested regions.
References
* Acioli AN, Silva NM, Adaime R, Costa-Silva FC, Zucchi RA (2024) March to the North: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)(Diptera, Tephritidae) reaches Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Entomological Communications 6, ec06015. DOI: 10.37486/2675-1305.ec06015e-ISSN: 2675-1305

* Costa JV, de Sousa MD, de Souza-Filho MF, Matos AK, Brito CF, Costa MD, Adaime R (2022) Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)(Diptera: Tephritidae) no estado do Amapá, Brasil: registro de entrada e pressupostos para o seu não estabelecimento. Research, Society and Development 11(10), e291111032879. https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i10.32879

* Uchôa MA, Nicacio J (2010) New records of neotropical fruit flies (Tephritidae), lance flies (Lonchaeidae) (Diptera: Tephritoidea), and their host plants in the South Pantanal and adjacent areas, Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103(5), 723-733.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, restricted distribution view...
Bolivia Present, no details view...
Colombia Present, no details view...
Paraguay Present, widespread view...
Peru Present, no details view...
Suriname Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Uruguay Present, widespread view...
Venezuela Present, no details view...