EPPO Global Database

Ceratitis rosa(CERTRO)

Distribution details in Reunion

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, unreliable record
First recorded in: 1955
From CABI Pest map 153 (1985): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/002)

This earlier record is not confirmed by more recent studies and may correspond to other species of the C. rosa species complex (e.g. C. quilicii).
References
* Anon. (1986) Rapport annuel, Institut de Recherches Agronomiques Tropicales et des Cultures Vivrieres, Reunion, pp. 173-190.

* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Not included in the list of countries where C. rosa (sensu stricto) has been found.

* Quilici S, Duyck PF, Rousse P, Gourdon, F, Simiand C, Frank A (2005) La mouche de la pêche sur mangue, goyave, etc. à la Réunion, évolution des recherches et des méthodes de lutte. Phytoma – La Défense des Végétaux, no. 584, 44-47.