EPPO Global Database

Zeugodacus cucumis(DACUCM)

Distribution details in Australia (Western Australia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/177) : some specimens have been occasionally detected in Kununurra (north of 29°S latitude) during a period from 1997 to 2001, but surveillance data is lacking to verify the current situation.
References
* Dominiak BC, Worsley P (2018) Review of cucumber fruit fly, Bactrocera cucumis (French) (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) in Australia: Part 1, host range, surveillance and distribution. Crop Protection 106, 79-85.