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
Botswana Present, no details view...
Congo, Democratic republic of the Absent, unreliable record view...
Mozambique Present, no details view...
Zambia Absent, unreliable record view...