Anastrepha suspensa

Anastrepha suspensa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae[1]
Genus: Anastrepha
Species: A. suspensa
Binomial name
Anastrepha suspensa
(Loew, 1862)

Anastrepha suspensa, also called the Greater Antilliean fruit fly or guava fruit fly is closely related to the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens).[2]

Host

The larvae of the guava fruit fly attacks the tropical and subtropical fruit crops[2][3][4][5]

Economic importance

EPPO has considered it as A1 quarantine pest. It is also a pest of guava, grapefruit, and various other cultivated fruits.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Sivinski, J.M.; Calkins, C.O.; Baranowski, R.; Harris, D.; Brambila, J.; Diaz, J.; Burns, R.E.; Holler, T.; Dodson, G. (1996). "Suppression of a Caribbean Fruit Fly (Anastrepha suspensa(Loew) Diptera: Tephritidae) Population through Augmented Releases of the ParasitoidDiachasmimorpha longicaudata(Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)". Biological Control. 6 (2): 177–85. doi:10.1006/bcon.1996.0022.
  2. 1 2 LM, Boykin. "Featured Creatures". University of Florida, IFAS.
  3. ↑ Boykin, LM; Shatters Jr, RG; Hall, DG; Dean, D; Beerli, P (2010). "Genetic variation of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Florida and the Caribbean using microsatellite DNA markers". Journal of Economic Entomology. 103 (6): 2214–22. doi:10.1603/ec10128. PMID 21309246.
  4. ↑ Nigg, H. N.; Mallory, L. L.; Simpson, S. E.; Callaham, S. B.; Toth, J. P.; Fraser, S.; Klim, M.; Nagy, S.; Nation, J. L.; Attaway, J. A. (1994). "Caribbean fruit fly,Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), attraction to host fruit and host kairomones". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 20 (3): 727–43. doi:10.1007/BF02059609. PMID 24242123.
  5. ↑ Epsky, Nancy D.; et al. "Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae):Life History and Laboratory Rearing Methods" (PDF). USDA-ARS, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, Miami, FL.
  6. ↑ "Anastrepha suspensa (Caribbean fruit fly)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 21 September 2012.

Further reading

  • Burk, T.; Webb, J. C. (1983). "Effect of male size on calling propensity, song parameters, and mating success in Caribbean fruit flies, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew)(Diptera: Tephritidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 76 (4): 678–82.
  • Nation, James L. (1972). "Courtship behavior and evidence for a sex attractant in the male Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65 (6): 1364–7.


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