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Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Allophylus pervillei (AOLPE) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Angylocalyx braunii (AYCBR) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Calycosiphonia spathicalyx (KAYSP) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Chytranthus obliquinervis (CJHOB) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Dictyophleba lucida (DJKSS) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Diospyros kabuyeana (DOSKB) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Drypetes natalensis (DRPNA) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Englerophytum magalismontanum (EGLMA) Wild/Weed 
* Tsatsu SK, Sutton GF, Serfontein L, Addison P, De Meyer M, Virgilio M, Manrakhan A (2024) Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294
Lettowianthus stellatus (LTWST) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Ludia mauritiana (LDJMA) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Mimusops obtusifolia (MMOOB) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Monanthotaxis fornicata (MNXFN) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Monodora grandidieri (MDOGR) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Salacia elegans (SLXEG) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Sphaerocoryne gracilis (SFEGR) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Strombosiopsis sp. (SBPSS) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Strombosiopsis sp. listed as a host.
Synsepalum brevipes (SYUBR) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Synsepalum subverticillatum (SYUSU) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host (as Synsepalum subvertillatum)
Tricalysia pallens (TLYPA) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Uvaria acuminata (UVAAC) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Vangueria infausta (VAGIN) Wild/Weed 
* Theron CD, Manrakhan A, Weldon CW (2017) Host use of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)(Diptera: Tephritidae), in South Africa. Journal of Applied Entomology 141(10), 810-816.
------- found in fruit also infested by B. dorsalis.
Zanthoxylum asiaticum (TDDAS) Wild/Weed 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host (as Toddalia asiatica)
Annona cherimola (ANUCH) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Annona muricata (ANUMU) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Annona senegalensis (ANUSE) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Capsicum frutescens (CPSFR) Host 
* Fazenda LH (2023) Influência de moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) na produtividade de pimenta malagueta, no semiárido Moçambicano. Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável 18(1), 17-23.
------- host in Mozambique
Casimiroa edulis (CSJED) Host 
* Tsatsu SK, Sutton GF, Serfontein L, Addison P, De Meyer M, Virgilio M, Manrakhan A (2024) Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294
Citrus (1CIDG) Host 
* Mentioned in Hepburn GA & Bishop HJ (1954) The Insect Pests of Citrus in South Africa, and in the EPPO datasheet on Ceratitis rosa in CABI/EPPO (1997) Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition). CABI, Wallingford (GB).
This record predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. 

* Manrakhan A (2019) Fruit fly. In T.G. Grout (Ed.) Integrated Production Guidelines for export citrus. Integrated pest and disease management. 1-10. Nelspruit, South Africa: Citrus Research International. 
------- no details on specific citrus species.
Citrus sp. (CIDSS) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Citrus x limon (CIDLI) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.

* Manrakhan A, Daneel JH, Beck R, Theron CD, Weldon CW, Moore SD, Hattingh V (2018) Non-host status of commercial export grade lemon fruit (Citrus limon (L.) Burman f. cv. Eureka) for Ceratitis capitata, Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis quilicii and Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. African Entomology 26(1) 202-214.
------- non considered a host in commercial export grade lemon.
Dovyalis caffra (DOVCA) Host 
* Tsatsu SK, Sutton GF, Serfontein L, Addison P, De Meyer M, Virgilio M, Manrakhan A (2024) Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294
Drypetes natalensis var. leiogyna (DRPNL) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Eriobotrya japonica (EIOJA) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Feijoa sellowiana (FEJSE) Host 
* Grové T, de Jager K, Theledi ML (2019) Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with fruit of the family Myrtaceae Juss. in South Africa. Crop Protection 116, 24-32.
------- as Acca sellowiana.
Gloriosa sp. (GLOSS) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Gloriosa sp. listed as a host.
Mangifera indica (MNGIN) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.

* Tsatsu SK, Sutton GF, Serfontein L, Addison P, De Meyer M, Virgilio M, Manrakhan A (2024) Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294
Persea americana (PEBAM) Host 
* de Graaf J (2009) Host status of avocado (‘Hass’) to Ceratitis capitata, Ceratitis rosa, and Ceratitis cosyra (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology 102(4), 1448-1459. 
------- poor host.

* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Prunus persica (PRNPS) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.

* Tsatsu SK, Sutton GF, Serfontein L, Addison P, De Meyer M, Virgilio M, Manrakhan A (2024) Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294
Psidium cattleyanum (PSICA) Host 
* Grové T, de Jager K, Theledi ML (2019) Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with fruit of the family Myrtaceae Juss. in South Africa. Crop Protection 116, 24-32.
Psidium friedrichsthalianum (PSIFR) Host 
* Grové T, de Jager K, Theledi ML (2019) Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with fruit of the family Myrtaceae Juss. in South Africa. Crop Protection 116, 24-32.
Psidium guajava (PSIGU) Host 
* INTERNET
True Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region. Ceratitis rosa. Specimens. http://projects.bebif.be/fruitfly/taxoninfo.html?id=62
------- Confirmed host.
Sclerocarya birrea (SLCBB) Host 
* Ntlogelang K (2011) Evaluation of the diversity and pest status of fruit flies on marula, Sclerocarya Birrea in Gabane, Mochudi and Rasesa (Doctoral dissertation, Botswana University of Agriculture & Natural Resources).
Syzygium cordatum (SYZCD) Host 
* Grové T, de Jager K, Theledi ML (2019) Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with fruit of the family Myrtaceae Juss. in South Africa. Crop Protection 116, 24-32.
Syzygium jambos (SYZJA) Host 
* Tsatsu SK, Sutton GF, Serfontein L, Addison P, De Meyer M, Virgilio M, Manrakhan A (2024) Distribution and host ranges of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485324000294
Xylotheca kraussiana (XXLKR) Host 
* Theron CD, Manrakhan A, Weldon CW (2017) Host use of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)(Diptera: Tephritidae), in South Africa. Journal of Applied Entomology 141(10), 810-816.
------- found in fruit also infested by B. dorsalis.
Carica papaya (CIAPA) Doubtful host 
Past records for C. rosa sensu lato, now attributed to C. quilicii
Citrus reticulata (CIDRE) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in the EPPO datasheet on Ceratitis rosa in CABI/EPPO (1997) Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition). CABI, Wallingford (GB).
This record predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Citrus x aurantium var. paradisi (CIDPA) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in the EPPO datasheet on Ceratitis rosa in CABI/EPPO (1997) Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition). CABI, Wallingford (GB).
This record predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Citrus x aurantium var. sinensis (CIDSI) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in the EPPO datasheet on Ceratitis rosa in CABI/EPPO (1997) Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition). CABI, Wallingford (GB).
This record predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.

Not considered as a host in experiments in Geldenhuys M (2015) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) ecology in the Western Cape, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation).
Coffea arabica (COFAR) Doubtful host 
* De Meyer M, Mwatawala M, Copeland RS, Virgilio M (2016) Description of new Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Africa, or how morphological and DNA data are complementary in discovering unknown species and matching sexes. European Journal of Taxonomy 233, 1-23
-------Past records for C. rosa sensu lato, now attributed to C. quilicii
Cydonia oblonga (CYDOB) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Ficus carica (FIUCA) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Fortunella (1FOLG) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in the EPPO datasheet on Ceratitis rosa in CABI/EPPO (1997) Quarantine Pests for Europe (2nd edition). CABI, Wallingford (GB).
This record predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Litchi chinensis (LIHCH) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Malus domestica (MABSD) Doubtful host 
* De Meyer M, Mwatawala M, Copeland RS, Virgilio M (2016) Description of new Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Africa, or how morphological and DNA data are complementary in discovering unknown species and matching sexes. European Journal of Taxonomy 233, 1-23
-------Past records for C. rosa sensu lato, now attributed to C. quilicii

* Mentioned a host in experiment in Geldenhuys M (2015) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) ecology in the Western Cape, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation).
Prunus armeniaca (PRNAR) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Prunus domestica (PRNDO) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Pyrus communis (PYUCO) Doubtful host 
* De Meyer M, Mwatawala M, Copeland RS, Virgilio M (2016) Description of new Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Africa, or how morphological and DNA data are complementary in discovering unknown species and matching sexes. European Journal of Taxonomy 233, 1-23
-------Past records for C. rosa sensu lato, now attributed to C. quilicii

* Mentioned a host in experiment in Geldenhuys M (2015) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) ecology in the Western Cape, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation).
Solanum lycopersicum (LYPES) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.
Vitis vinifera (VITVI) Doubtful host 
Mentioned in World crop pests 3(A). Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (Ed. by Robinson AS, Hooper G), pp. 51-58. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This record (1989) predates the separation of Ceratitis rosa sensu lato into C. rosa and C. quilicii. No other record was found. The pest status is now considered doubtful.

Mentioned a host in experiment in Geldenhuys M (2015) Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) ecology in the Western Cape, South Africa (Doctoral dissertation).