EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera frauenfeldi(BCTRFR)

Distribution details in Northern Mariana Islands

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
According to White & Elsom-Harris
References
* Leblanc L (2022) The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania. Insecta Mundi 0948, 1-167. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/131965/135549.
------- The frequently quoted record from Sapian, based on a specimen collected in 1946 (Hardy and Adachi 1956), is likely erroneous or an accidental introduction that failed to establish. This species was never detected in the Mariana Islands in subsequent years.