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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) passiflorae

  • 1. University of Hawaii, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, 3050 Maile Way, Room 310, Honolulu, Hawaii, 26822 - 2271.
  • 2. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests, Koronivia Research Station, Nausori, Fiji Islands.
  • 3. International Centre for Management of Pest Fruit Flies, Griffith School of Environment, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia.
  • 4. University of Hawaii, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, 3050 Maile Way, Room 310, Honolulu, Hawaii, 26822 - 2271. & 61 Thornburgh St., Oxley, QLD 4111, Australia. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: D. Drew @ griffith. edu. au & University of Hawaii, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, 3050 Maile Way, Room 310, Honolulu, Hawaii, 26822 - 2271.

Description

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) passiflorae (Froggatt) (Fig. 20)

Distribution: Fiji Islands, Niue, Wallis and Futuna. Male lure: Cue-lure.

ANACARDIACEAE Anacardium occidentale (P): Fiji (3/25). Mangifera indica (P): Fiji (13/142).

ANNONACEAE Annona muricata: Fiji (5/54). Annona reticulata: Fiji (1/46). Cananga odorata: Fiji (1/12).

APOCYNACEAE Cascabela thevetia: Fiji (1/15). Cerbera manghas: Fiji (2/16). Ochrosia oppositifolia (P): Fiji (15/56).

BIGNONIACEAE Pyrostegia venusta: Fiji (4/5). CALLOPHYLLACEAE Calophyllum inophyllum (P): Fiji (Hinckley 1965); Wallis & Futuna (1/3).

CARICACEAE Carica papaya (P): Fiji (Simmonds 1936, Hinckley 1965). These records may be based on sampling an overripe fruit.

Waimanalo and Sunrise papaya are not hosts to B. passiflorae

in Fiji, until at least half ripe (Heimoana et al. 1997).

CLUSIACEAE Garcinia x mangostana: Fiji (1/42). COMBRETACEAE Terminalia catappa: Fiji (6/34); Wallis & Futuna (2/2). Terminalia littoralis: Fiji (3/4).

ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus angustifolius: Fiji (1/6). LAURACEAE Persea americana (P): Fiji (3/7). LECYTHIDACEAE Barringtonia edulis (P): Fiji (3/47). LEGUMINOSAE Inocarpus fagifer (P): Fiji (10/40); Wallis & Futuna (2/6). LONGANIACEAE Neuburgia corynocarpa: Fiji (2/7). LYTHRACEAE Punica granatum: Fiji (1/39). MALVACEAE Theobroma cacao (P): Fiji (Hinckley 1965). MELIACEAE Aglaia basiphylla: Fiji (1/2). MORACEAE Artocarpus altilis (P): Fiji (4/123); Wallis & Futuna (3/6). Artocarpus heterophyllus (P): Fiji (3/39).

MYRTACEAE Psidium cattleianum (P): Fiji (7/21). Psidium guajava (P): Fiji (70/260); Wallis & Futuna (1/3). Syzygium jambos

(P): Fiji (21/37). Syzygium malaccense (P): Fiji (24/42);

Wallis & Futuna (1/2). Syzygium megacarpum: Fiji (1/3).

OXALIDACEAE Averrhoa carambola: Fiji (3/157). PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora edulis (P): Fiji (1/52). Passiflora quadrangularis (P): Fiji (Simmonds 1936).

ROSACEAE Chrysobalanus icaco: Fiji (3/11). RUBIACEAE Coffea liberica (P): Fiji (Simmonds 1936). Guettarda speciosa: Fiji (1/4); Wallis & Futuna (1/2).

RUTACEAE Citrus aurantium (P): Fiji (Simmonds 1936). Citrus japonica: Fiji (40/146). Citrus limon: Fiji (9/219). Citrus

maxima: Fiji (21/79). Citrus paradisi (P): Fiji (13/96).

Citrus reticulata (P): Fiji (13/137). Citrus sinensis (P): Fiji

(14/221).

SANTALACEAE Santalum yasi (P): Fiji (Simmonds 1936). SAPINDACEAE Pometia pinnata (P): Fiji (4/10). SAPOTACEAE Chrysophyllum cainito (P): Fiji (3/32). Manilkara zapota: Fiji (11/72). Planchonella chartacea: Fiji (1/1).

SIMABOURACEAE Amaroria soulameoides: Fiji (13/33). SOLANACEAE Capsicum annuum (chilli) (P): Fiji (Hinckley 1965). Note that several varieties of chilli are not hosts to B. passiflorae

in Fiji (Heimoana et al. 1997).

Notes

Published as part of Leblanc, Luc, Vueti, Ema Tora, Drew, Richard A. I. & Allwood, Allan J., 2012, Host Plant Records for Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) in the Pacific Islands, pp. 11-53 in Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 44 on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8159403

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References

  • Hinckley, A. D. 1965. Fruit fly infestation and parasitization in Fiji. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 19: 91 - 95.
  • Simmonds, H. W. 1936. Fruit fly investigations. 1935. Fiji Department of Agriculture. Bulletin 19: 1 - 18.
  • Heimoana, V., L. Leweniqila, D. Tau, F. Tunupopo, P. Nemeye, A. Kassim, C. Quashie - Williams, A. J. Allwood, and L. Leblanc. 1997. Non - host status as a quarantine treatment option for fruit flies. Pp. 225 - 231 In A. J. Allwood and R. A. I. Drew (eds.), Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific. ACIAR Proceedings No 76.