EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera latifrons(DACULA)

Distribution details in Sri Lanka

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 566 (1996): Present, no details
References
* Drew RAI, Romig MC (2013) Bactrocera (Bactrocera) latifrons (Hendel). In: Tropical fruit flies of South-East Asia. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 108-109.

* McQuate GT, Liquido NJ (2013) Annotated world bibliography of host fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Insecta Mundi 0289, 61 pp.

* Tsuruta K, White IM, Bandara HMJ, Rajapakse H, Sundaraperuma SAH, Kahawatta SBMUC, Rajapakse GBJP (1997) A preliminary note on the host-plants of fruit flies of the tribe Dacini (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Sri Lanka. Esakia 37, 149-160.

* White IM, Elson-Harris MM (1992) Fruit flies of economic significance; their identification and bionomics. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 601 pp.

* Wijekoon WM, Ganehiarachchi GA, Wegiriya HC, Vidanage SP (2023) The status of Bactrocera dorsalis as an emerging predominant pest in the commercial fruit industry in Sri Lanka. Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension 26(1). http://doi.org/10.4038/tare.v26i1.5632
------- low abundance.