EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera dorsalis(DACUDO)

Distribution details in Mayotte

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2007
From CABI Pest map 109 (2019): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/052) : first found in 2007 (as B. invadens).

Moquet et al. (2024): low infestation rates, only found in 7 plant species.
References
* De Villiers M, Hattingh V, Kriticos DJ, Brunel S, Vayssieres JF, Sinzogan A, Billah MK, Mohamed MA, Mwatawala M, Abdelgader H, Salah FEE, De Meyer M (2016) The potential distribution of Bactrocera dorsalis: considering phenology and irrigation patterns. Bulletin of Entomological Research 106, 19-33.

* Moquet L, Dupin T, Maigné L, Huat J, Chesneau T, Delatte H (2024) A study on fruit fly host range reveals the low infestation rate of Bactrocera dorsalis (Tephritidae) in Mayotte. Agricultural and Forest Entomology early view https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12614

* INTERNET
Invasive Fruit Fly Pests in Africa. A diagnostic tool and information reference for the four Asian species of fruit fly (Diptera, Tephritidae) that have become accidentally established as pests in Africa, including the Indian Ocean Islands by Marc De Meyer, Salah Mohamed & Ian M. White. http://www.africamuseum.be/fruitfly/AfroAsia.htm