Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Author
McQuate, Grant T.
Author
Liquido, Nicanor J.
text
Insecta Mundi
2013
2013-03-08
2013
289
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5175793
1942-1354
5175793
2D70263F-14FF-4872-A5C4-4D0E074841EF
Momordica trifoliolata
Hook.
f.
GRIN Nomen number: 24531
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Native:
AFRICA -
Northeast Tropical Africa
:
Ethiopia
;
Somalia
;
East Tropical Africa
:
Kenya
;
Tanzania
;
Uganda
;
South Tropical Africa
:
Mozambique
;
Western Indian Ocean
:
Madagascar
.
Field Infestation
:
Mziray et al. 2010b
: From
March 2007
to
March 2008
, a total of 1,085 fruits (
8.81 kg
) was collected from the
Morogoro region
of
Tanzania
.
Bactrocera latifrons
was recovered in 3 of 56 collections (5.36%) with an overall infestation rate of 0.45
B. latifrons
per kg of fruit (7.8 flies per kg infested fruits).
Momordica zeylanica
Mill.
, see
Momordica charantia
L.