Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)
Distribution details in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2023
First recorded in: 2023
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/001) : trapped in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. New host fruits: Butia capitata, Eugenia uniflora, Psidium cattleyanum, Vitis labrusca.
* Jobim K, Kaster PL, da Rosa BR, Tidon R, Garcia FR (2023) Expansion of the area of occurrence of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Americas and registration of new host plants. Brazilian Journal of Biology 83, e273916. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.273916
------- First record in Rio Grande do Sul.
* Jobim K, da Rosa BR, da Luz Kaster P, Ovruski SM, Garcia FR (2025) Interactions of the Invasive Fruit Flies Drosophila suzukii, Zaprionus indianus, Zaprionus tuberculatus and Ceratitis capitata with Their Hosts in the Brazilian Pampa Biome. Insects 16(12):, 1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121285
------- First record in Rio Grande do Sul.
* Jobim K, da Rosa BR, da Luz Kaster P, Ovruski SM, Garcia FR (2025) Interactions of the Invasive Fruit Flies Drosophila suzukii, Zaprionus indianus, Zaprionus tuberculatus and Ceratitis capitata with Their Hosts in the Brazilian Pampa Biome. Insects 16(12):, 1285. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121285