Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912) Yes (CABI 2015; No records found Yes. Associated with Yes. Found Yes. The species is a Yes (EP) Huang 2006; Li, P. persica. Oviposits throughout Asia, with very serious pest of a Synonym: Dacus dorsalis Hendel, Wang & into the fruit of hosts. restricted distribution wide variety of fruit 1912 Waterhouse Eggs hatch inside the elsewhere. It has a and vegetables, and [Tephritidae] 1997) fruit and the larvae wide host range, damage levels can be Oriental fruit fly consume the fruit including capsicum, anything up to 100 pulp (CABI 2015). citrus, melon, apple, per cent of cherry and peach unprotected fruit (CABI 2015). Its hosts (CABI 2015). and geographic range suggest that it could establish and spread in Australia.
Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912) Synonym: Dacus dorsalis Hendel, 1912 [Tephritidae] Oriental fruit fly Yes (CABI 2015; Huang 2006; Li, Wang & Waterhouse 1997) No records found Yes. Associated with P. persica. Oviposits into the fruit of hosts. Eggs hatch inside the fruit and the larvae consume the fruit pulp (CABI 2015). Yes. Found throughout Asia, with restricted distribution elsewhere. It has a wide host range, including capsicum, citrus, melon, apple, cherry and peach (CABI 2015). Its hosts and geographic range suggest that it could establish and spread in Australia. Yes. The species is a very serious pest of a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, and damage levels can be anything up to 100 per cent of unprotected fruit (CABI 2015). Yes (EP)
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