EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera dorsalis(DACUDO)

Distribution details in Christmas Island

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 109 (2019): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1993/37) : based on a report from the SPC. CABI map 109 (1994) indicates that true B. dorsalis is not present; earlier records must have referred to B. papayae (map 547).

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/188) : B. papayae is considered to be a synonym of B. dorsalis.

References
* Drew RAI, Romig MC (2013) Tropical fruit flies of South-East Asia. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 653 pp.
------- As B. papayae.

* Sproul, A. N. (1983) Journal of Agriculture - Western Australia 24 (3), 94-96.