EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera dorsalis(DACUDO)

Distribution details in Botswana

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Transient
First recorded in: 2010
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient, actionable, under surveillance (2010-09)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/124) : 42 specimens were caught for the first time in 2010 in traps located in several farms of the Chobe district (north of Botswana) and at the Kazungula ferry border post (along the Zambezi River). Under eradication.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Botswana. First detection of Bactrocera invadens in Botswana (2010-09-30). https://www.ippc.int/index.php?id=1110520=pestreport

* Sithole O (2016) An overview of the frugivorous fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae, Dacinae) fauna in Botswana. Book of Abstracts 3rd TEAM International Symposium, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Congo, Democratic republic of the Present, no details view...
Namibia Present, no details view...
Zambia Present, no details view...
Zimbabwe Present, no details view...