Anastrepha edentata and other fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) detected on Key Largo, Florida.(Scientific Notes)(Report)

Florida Entomologist | March 1, 2009| | Copyright

Several Anastrepha species (Diptera: Tephritidae) are quarantine pests of commercial fruits in the New World. Florida is home to one such pest, the introduced Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Caribbean fruit fly), plus three other Anastrepha species that are not considered of economic importance (Foote et al. 1993; Sutton & Steck 2005). One of these latter species, Anastrepha edentata Stone, is particularly mysterious, as no host has ever been reported from anywhere in its known range of South Florida and Puerto Rico (Norrbom 2004). We attempted to document its phenology and ...

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