Ceratitis capitata
Names
Ceratitis capitata in different languages.
Ceratitis hispanica
Medfly
Mediterranean fruit fly
Pardalaspis asparagi
Tephritis capitata
Trypeta capitata
Medfly
Mediterranean fruit fly
Mittelmeerfruchtfliege
Orangenfliege
Pfirsichfliege
Mouche de l'oranger
Mouche des fruits
Mouche méditerranéenne
Mouche méditerranéenne des fruits
Gusano de las frutas
Mosca del mediterráneo
Moscamed
Mosca mediterránea
Mosca delle arancie
Mosca delle pesche
Middelandse-zee fruitflieg
Mosca-das-frutas
Mosca-do-mediterrâneo
Medelhavsfruktfluga
Сpедиземномоpская плодовая муха
Средиземноморская плодовая муха
Middelhavsfrugtflue
Appelsinflue
Hedelmäkärpänen
Akdeniz meyve sinegi
Meyve sinekleri
Zvuv haperot
Ceratitis citriperda
Ceratitis hispanica
Pardalaspis asparagi
Tephritis capitata
Ceratitis capitataCeratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow and brown fruit pest that originates from sub-Saharan Africa. C. capitata has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in the states of California, Florida, and Texas that required extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the US. xxxSource Wikipedia |
Resources
Chemical control of fruit fly
FACTSHEETS FOR FARMERS
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2012
Chemical control of fruit fly
Recognize the problem
The fruit fly causes fruit drop and rot.
Background
The fruit fly perforates the fruit to lay its eggs. The worms that are born from
the eggs eat the pulp and damage the fruits.
Damaged fruits fall onto the soil, where the offspring of the fruit fly soon
develop into adults, which can then reproduce.
If one same...
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Fruits affected by the fruit fly
FACTSHEETS FOR FARMERS
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Created in
Bolivia
,
July
2012
Fruits affected by the fruit fly
Recognize the problem
The flies attack several fruit classes. They prefer half-ripe and yellow fruits.
They damage the pulp of fruits and cause early fall. You cannot export the fruit
if fruit flies are present.
The worms can be clearly seen in the fruits. They are more easily seen in
guava and peach due to the color of their pulp...
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Fruit Flies on Mango
IN37100
EENY-214
Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
(Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) 1
M. C. Thomas, J. B. Heppner, R. E. Woodruff, H. V. Weems, G. J. Steck, and T. R. Fasulo 2
1. This document is EENY-214 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars 4, 230 and 273, updated for this publication), one of a series of the
Department of Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2001....
edis.ifas.ufl.edu
QFly and Medfly FS
Fact sheet
Queensland and Mediterranean fruit flies
What are they?
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata; MedF\fy)
is one of the wor\fd’s most destructive agricu\ftura\f
pests, and the Queens\fand fruit fly ( Bactrocera tryoni;
Qfly) is a\fso considered a very serious pest of a wide
variety of fruit and vegetab\fes. The presence of these
flies in production regions has severe consequences
on trade, both \foca\f\fy and internationa\f\fy....
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alert med fruitfly sp
La mosca de la fruta del
Mediterráneo, llamada
comúnmente moscamed
o medfly en inglés, es una
de las plagas agrícolas más
destructivas en el mundo y
amenaza más de 300 tipos de
frutas, nueces y vegetales. La
hembra moscamed ataca la fruta
que está madurando, penetra la
suave cáscara y pone huevos en
la pulpa. Los huevos producen
larvas o gusanos, que se
alimentan de la pulpa de la fruta.
Esto hace que la fruta se pudra.
Distribución
La moscamed...
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Ceratitis capitataCeratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow and brown fruit pest that originates from sub-Saharan Africa. C. capitata has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in the states of California, Florida, and Texas that required extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the US. xxxSource Wikipedia |
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Ceratitis capitataCeratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow and brown fruit pest that originates from sub-Saharan Africa. C. capitata has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in the states of California, Florida, and Texas that required extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the US. xxxSource Wikipedia |
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Ceratitis capitataCeratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow and brown fruit pest that originates from sub-Saharan Africa. C. capitata has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in the states of California, Florida, and Texas that required extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the US. xxxSource Wikipedia |
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Ceratitis capitataCeratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow and brown fruit pest that originates from sub-Saharan Africa. C. capitata has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in the states of California, Florida, and Texas that required extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the US. xxxSource Wikipedia |
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Ceratitis capitataCeratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow and brown fruit pest that originates from sub-Saharan Africa. C. capitata has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in the states of California, Florida, and Texas that required extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the US. xxxSource Wikipedia |