Zeugodacus cucurbitae(DACUCU)
Distribution details in Northern Mariana Islands
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1936
From CABI Pest map 064 (2003): Present, no details
First recorded in: 1936
From CABI Pest map 064 (2003): Present, no details
Eradicated using the sterile insect technique, but re-established on Rota in 1981.
Saipan and Tinian (Source: OIRSA Data Sheet).
Reporting Service 93/037: based on a report from SPC.
Saipan and Tinian (Source: OIRSA Data Sheet).
Reporting Service 93/037: based on a report from SPC.
* Cunningham, R.T. (1989) Control; insecticides; male annihilation. In Fruit flies; their biology, natural enemies and control (eds Robinson, A.S. & Hooper, G.) pp. 345-351. World Crop Pest, 3(B). Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
* Firman, I. D. (1982) Information Circular, South Pacific Commission No. 90, 8 pp.
------- Re-established following eradication attempt.
* Leblanc, L. (1997) Fruit fly fauna in Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Palau, Kiribati, Northern Marianas and Marshall Islands, 64-67. Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific. A Regional Symposium, Nadi, Fiji. ACIAR Proceedings No. 76.
* Leblanc L (2022) The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania. Insecta Mundi 0948, 1-167. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/131965/135549.
* Mitchell, W. C. (1980) Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 23 (2), 239-243.
------- States that the pest was eradicated.
* Wong, T. T. Y.; Cunningham, R. T.; McInnis, D. O.; Gilmore, J. E. (1989) Environmental Entomology 18 (6), 1079-1082.
* Firman, I. D. (1982) Information Circular, South Pacific Commission No. 90, 8 pp.
------- Re-established following eradication attempt.
* Leblanc, L. (1997) Fruit fly fauna in Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Palau, Kiribati, Northern Marianas and Marshall Islands, 64-67. Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific. A Regional Symposium, Nadi, Fiji. ACIAR Proceedings No. 76.
* Leblanc L (2022) The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania. Insecta Mundi 0948, 1-167. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/131965/135549.
* Mitchell, W. C. (1980) Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 23 (2), 239-243.
------- States that the pest was eradicated.
* Wong, T. T. Y.; Cunningham, R. T.; McInnis, D. O.; Gilmore, J. E. (1989) Environmental Entomology 18 (6), 1079-1082.