Dacus ciliatus(DACUCI)
Distribution details in Tunisia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2020
First recorded in: 2020
Found in northern and southern Tunisia.
* Ben Othmen A, Ben Belgacem A, Bel-Kadhi MS, Nagaz K, Braham M (2025) The invasive cucurbit fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), Dacus frontalis Becker and Dacus ciliatus Loew in southern Tunisia: preliminary data on distribution, hosts and infestation. Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration
* Ghalleb Y, Cherif A, Grissa-Lebdi K (2023) Efficacy of food attractants and attract-and-kill system to control Dacus ciliatus (Loew) (Tephritidae: Diptera): new recorded pest in northern Tunisia. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25(2), 267–274 https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.2023.85
* Ghalleb Y, Cherif A, Grissa-Lebdi K (2023) Efficacy of food attractants and attract-and-kill system to control Dacus ciliatus (Loew) (Tephritidae: Diptera): new recorded pest in northern Tunisia. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25(2), 267–274 https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.2023.85