Ceratitis capitata(CERTCA)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2015: Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Present, widespread
Confirmed by FAO consultants' report in 1994.
* Ebejer MJ (2015) The picture-winged flies and related families (Diptera, Tephritoidea) of the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 7, 73-91.
------- Commonly found attacking Citrus, Prunus persica, P. armeniaca and Opuntia.
* Hammouti, N.; Griebeler, E. M.; Barr, N.; Mazih, A.; Seitz, A. (2011) IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 62, 163-176.
* Mifsud D, Falzon A, Malumphy C, de Lillo E, Vovlas N, Porcelli F (2012) On some arthropods associated with Ficus species (Moraceae) in the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 5, 5-34.
------- In Malta and Gozo on Ficus carica.
* RAE 54, 135.
* White IM, Elson-Harris MM (1992) Fruit flies of economic significance: their identification and bionomics. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 601 pp.
------- Commonly found attacking Citrus, Prunus persica, P. armeniaca and Opuntia.
* Hammouti, N.; Griebeler, E. M.; Barr, N.; Mazih, A.; Seitz, A. (2011) IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 62, 163-176.
* Mifsud D, Falzon A, Malumphy C, de Lillo E, Vovlas N, Porcelli F (2012) On some arthropods associated with Ficus species (Moraceae) in the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 5, 5-34.
------- In Malta and Gozo on Ficus carica.
* RAE 54, 135.
* White IM, Elson-Harris MM (1992) Fruit flies of economic significance: their identification and bionomics. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 601 pp.