EPPO Global Database

Zeugodacus cucurbitae(DACUCU)

Distribution details in Seychelles

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2003: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1999
From CABI Pest map 064 (2003): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/048) : first found in 1999, spread rapidly. Now under eradication, using male annihilation technique (blocks of wood soaked in methyl eugenol and insecticide).
References
* NHM (2000).

* Stonehouse, J. M.; Stravens, R.; Dacambra, P. (2000) Proceedings of the Indian Ocean Commission, Regional Fruit Fly Symposium, Flic en Flac, Mauritius, 5-9 June 2000, 211-213. Indian Ocean Commission, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius.