EPPO Global Database

Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)

Distribution details in Brazil (Santa Catarina)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2023
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/085) : first report.

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/113) : reported on strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa).
References
* dos Santos JP, Fiedler M, Menezes-Netto AC, Carissimi Boff MI, Mello Garcia FR (2023) First record of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Agropecuária Catarinense Journal 36(3), 22–25. https://doi.org/10.52945/rac.v36i3.1755

* Santos JP, Bitner-Mathé BC, Rosa JM, Fiedler M, Scapin VL, Garcia FR, Santos FC, Oliveira MA, Antunes A (2024) First records of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in strawberry in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 84, e283652. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.283652