Ceratitis rosa
Ceratitis rosa, the Natal fruit fly or Natal fly, a species from the family Tephritidae of the order Diptera, is a fruit fly.[1] It was described in 1887 from specimens of Delagoa Bay, Mozambique.
| Ceratitis rosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Ceratitis |
| Species: | C. rosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratitis rosa Karsch, 1887 | |
Morphology
Adult flies grow up to 4 to 7 mm long and usually have banded wings, with yellow and black patterns.
Distribution
The polyphagous African[2][3] species known distribution is mainly southern and eastern Africa especially in Angola, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the islands of Mauritius and Reunion.[4][5]
Host
In various regions of Africa, the pest is observed in over 100 species, of which, it is mostly found affecting arabica coffee, mango, papaya, guava and custard apple.[4][6]
References
- Virgilio, M.; et al. (May 2013). "Cryptic diversity and gene flow among three African agricultural pests: Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis fasciventris and Ceratitis anonae (Diptera, Tephritidae)". Molecular Ecology. 22 (9): 2526–2539. doi:10.1111/mec.12278. PMID 23506441. S2CID 25846252.
- Baliraine, FN; Bonizzoni, M; Guglielmino, CR; Osir, EO; Lux, SA; Mulaa, FJ; Gomulski, LM; Zheng, L; Quilici, S; Gasperi, G; Malacrida, AR (Mar 2004). "Population genetics of the potentially invasive African fruit fly species, Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis fasciventris (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Molecular Ecology. 13 (3): 683–695. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2004.02105.x. PMID 14871371. S2CID 27787046.
- M, Virgilio; et al. (May 2013). "Cryptic diversity and gene flow among three African agricultural pests: Ceratitis rosa, Ceratitis fasciventris and Ceratitis anonae (Diptera, Tephritidae)". Molecular Ecology. 22 (9): 2526–2539. doi:10.1111/mec.12278. PMID 23506441. S2CID 25846252.
- "Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests" (PDF). CABI and EPPO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- Weems, H. V.; Fasulo, T. R. "Natal Fruit Fly, Natal Fly, Ceratitis rosa Karsch (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)" (PDF). University of Florida, IFAS Extension.
- "General Information on Pest and Damage". Infonet Biodivision. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10.
Further reading
- Leslie J. Douglas; David S. Haymer (2001). "Ribosomal ITS1 polymorphisms in Ceratitis capitata and Ceratitis rosa (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 726–731. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0726:RIPICC]2.0.CO;2.
- Pierre-François Duyck; Nikos A. Kouloussis; Nikos T. Papadopoulos; Serge Quilici; James R. Carey (2012). "Exceptional longevity in the tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a close relative of the Mediterranean fruit fly". Journal of Economic Entomology. 105 (2): 371–373. doi:10.1603/EC11055. PMID 22606805.
- Meyer, M. de. "On the identity of the Natal fruit fly Ceratitis rosa Karsch (Diptera, Tephritidae)." Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 71 (2001): 55-62.