EPPO Global Database

Ceratitis rosa(CERTRO)

Distribution details in Zimbabwe

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Pest map 153 (1985): Present, no details
From NPPO: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
There is no background available for this old FAO record (not confirmed by the Zimbabwean Plant Protection Service), possibly a nomenclatural confusion. This record is also not confirmed by more recent studies and presumably corresponds to other species of the C. rosa species complex.
References
* Hancock, D. L. (1980) Zimbabwe Agricultural Journal 77 (6), 289-290.

* 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.

* McDaniel, J. R. (1971) Technical Bulletin, Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture No. 13, 60-72.

* NPPO of Zimbabwe (1992).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Congo, Democratic republic of the Absent, unreliable record view...
Mozambique Present, no details view...
Zambia Absent, unreliable record view...