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Ceratitis Lepida
''Ceratitis'' is a genus of Tephritidae, tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species. One of the best known species is ''Ceratitis capitata'', the Mediterranean fruit fly. The genus contains several subgenera: * ''Acropteromma'' * ''Ceratalaspis'' * ''Hoplolophomyia'' * ''Pardalaspis'' * ''Pterandrus'' Species Subgenus ''Acropteromma'' * ''Ceratitis munroana'' (Bezzi) Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis'' * ''Ceratitis aliena'' (Bezzi) * ''Ceratitis andranotobaka'' Hancock * ''Ceratitis antistictica'' Bezzi * ''Ceratitis argenteobrunnea'' Munro * ''Ceratitis brucei'' Munro * ''Ceratitis connexa'' (Bezzi) * ''Ceratitis contramedia'' (Munro) * ''Ceratitis cosyra'' (Walker) * ''Ceratitis discussa'' Munro * ''Ceratitis divaricata'' (Munro) * ''Ceratitis dumeti'' Munro * ''Ceratitis epixantha'' (Hering) * ''Ceratitis grahami'' Munro * ''Ceratitis guttiformis'' Munro * ''Ceratitis hancocki'' De Meyer * ''Ceratitis lentigera'' Munro * ''Ceratitis lineata'' (Hering) * ''Ceratit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceratitis Capitata
''Ceratitis capitata'', commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow-and-brown fly native to sub-Saharan Africa. It 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 California, Florida, and Texas that require extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the United States. ''C. capitata'' is the most economically important fruit fly species because of both its ability to survive cooler climates more successfully than most other fly species and its ability to inhabit more than 200 tropical fruits and vegetables to which it causes severe destruction and degradation. The practices that are used to eradicate the medfly after its introduction into a new environment can be extremely difficult and expensive, but infestation of ''C. capitata'' lowers crop yields and induces costly sorting processes for fresh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
