Ceratitis capitata(CERTCA)
Distribution details in United States of America (California)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2024: Transient
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Absent, pest eradicated
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Absent, pest eradicated
Subject to recurrent incursions that are always subjected to eradication measures.
1975-09/11 (first record west of the Rocky Mountains in the continental USA, Los Angeles County). Eradicated officially by 1976-08. Reinfestation 1980-06/1982-09. All incursions were eradicated.
EPPO Reporting Service (2002/020) : single outbreak in Los Angeles county in 2001. See also NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert of 2001-09-07. Eradicated.
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/062) : few specimens caught from September to November 2007 in the counties of Solano, Santa Clara and Los Angeles. In all cases, eradication measures were applied.
In August 2012, 3 males and 1 female were found in 2 traps in San Bernadino county. Eradicated.
In March 2014, 4 males were found in the city of Los Angeles (12 more adults and 4 larval sites were then found). Under eradication. Declared eradicated from California and the USA in October 2014.
In December 2014, a transient population was found in the city of Perris, Riverside county. Eradicated in 2015.
In November 2016, a transient population was found in a residential area of Los Angeles county. Under eradication.
In August 2017, 12 adult and 55 larvae were found in residential areas of Los Angeles county (Sun Valley area). In August and September 2017, 5 specimens were caught in the Fairfield area of Solano county. Under eradication.
In 2018, the quarantine areas in Sun valley (Los Angeles county) and Fairfield area (Solano county) were removed (outbreaks detected in 2017). Quarantined areas were delimited in the Half Moon Bay Area of San Mateo county. Eradicated in November 2018.
In August 2024, 1 female traped in Alameda county. Further adults trapped in September and October. Under eradication.
1975-09/11 (first record west of the Rocky Mountains in the continental USA, Los Angeles County). Eradicated officially by 1976-08. Reinfestation 1980-06/1982-09. All incursions were eradicated.
EPPO Reporting Service (2002/020) : single outbreak in Los Angeles county in 2001. See also NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert of 2001-09-07. Eradicated.
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/062) : few specimens caught from September to November 2007 in the counties of Solano, Santa Clara and Los Angeles. In all cases, eradication measures were applied.
In August 2012, 3 males and 1 female were found in 2 traps in San Bernadino county. Eradicated.
In March 2014, 4 males were found in the city of Los Angeles (12 more adults and 4 larval sites were then found). Under eradication. Declared eradicated from California and the USA in October 2014.
In December 2014, a transient population was found in the city of Perris, Riverside county. Eradicated in 2015.
In November 2016, a transient population was found in a residential area of Los Angeles county. Under eradication.
In August 2017, 12 adult and 55 larvae were found in residential areas of Los Angeles county (Sun Valley area). In August and September 2017, 5 specimens were caught in the Fairfield area of Solano county. Under eradication.
In 2018, the quarantine areas in Sun valley (Los Angeles county) and Fairfield area (Solano county) were removed (outbreaks detected in 2017). Quarantined areas were delimited in the Half Moon Bay Area of San Mateo county. Eradicated in November 2018.
In August 2024, 1 female traped in Alameda county. Further adults trapped in September and October. Under eradication.
* Carey, J. R. (1991) Science (Washington) 253 (5026), 1369-1373.
* Carey, J. R. (1996) Biological Conservation 78 (1/2), 35-50.
------- Established in Los Angeles Basin and Bay area.
* Carey, J. R. (1996) Ecology 77 (6), 1690-1697.
------- Established in the south.
* Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey & NAPIS (1999) Regulated area map. WWW at http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/ffmd/imap/medregs.html.
------- Under eradication.
* NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System. Official Pest Reports
- USA (2024-10-30) - USA (2014-10-28) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Expands Quarantine in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/nappo/official-pest-reports/1120/
- USA (2018-11-01) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes the Quarantine Area in Half Moon Bay Area of San Mateo County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=773
- USA (2018-08-13) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes the Quarantine Area in Fairfield Area of Solano County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=763
- USA (2018-06-02) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes Quarantine in the Half Moon Bay Area of San Mateo County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=738
- USA (2018-07-05) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes the Quarantine Area in Sun Valley, Los Angeles County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=758
- USA (2017-10-25) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes Quarantine in the Fairfield Area of Solano County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=734
- USA (2017-09-20) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes Quarantine in the Sun Valley Area of Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=729
- USA (2017-06-22) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in Arleta, Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=719
- USA (2016-12-12) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) – APHIS Establishes a Quarantine in the Arleta Area of Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=697
- USA (2015-12-10) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in the La Mesa area of San Diego County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=642
- USA (2015-08-17) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in the Perris area of Riverside County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=630
- USA (2014-10-28) Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) – Removal of Quarantine Area in the Los Angeles area of Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=602- USA (2013-04-24) Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) eradicated in the United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=546
- USA (2014-05-22) Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) – New quarantine area established in Los Angeles County, California.http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=586
- USA (2007-11-14) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantined area in Los Angeles County, California. United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=294
- USA (2007-10-29) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantined area in Santa Clara County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=291
- USA (2007-09-20) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantine area in Solano County California. United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=285
* Papadopoulos NT, Plant RE, Carey JR (2013) From trickle to flood: the large-scale, cryptic invasion of California by tropical fruit flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B no. 208, 30131466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1466
* Stocks SD (2014) Update on fruit flies in the United States. NPDN First Detector Network News 9(2), 5-6.
* Stocks SD (2013) Medfly declared eradicated from US once again. NPDN - First Detector Network News 8(2), p 4.
* Villablanca, F. X.; Roderick, G. K.; Palumbi, S. R. (1998) Molecular Ecology 7 (5), 547-560.
* USDA (1982) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 26. Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.
* Carey, J. R. (1996) Biological Conservation 78 (1/2), 35-50.
------- Established in Los Angeles Basin and Bay area.
* Carey, J. R. (1996) Ecology 77 (6), 1690-1697.
------- Established in the south.
* Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey & NAPIS (1999) Regulated area map. WWW at http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/pests/ffmd/imap/medregs.html.
------- Under eradication.
* NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System. Official Pest Reports
- USA (2024-10-30) - USA (2014-10-28) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Expands Quarantine in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/nappo/official-pest-reports/1120/
- USA (2018-11-01) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes the Quarantine Area in Half Moon Bay Area of San Mateo County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=773
- USA (2018-08-13) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes the Quarantine Area in Fairfield Area of Solano County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=763
- USA (2018-06-02) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes Quarantine in the Half Moon Bay Area of San Mateo County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=738
- USA (2018-07-05) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly): APHIS Removes the Quarantine Area in Sun Valley, Los Angeles County, California. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=758
- USA (2017-10-25) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes Quarantine in the Fairfield Area of Solano County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=734
- USA (2017-09-20) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - APHIS Establishes Quarantine in the Sun Valley Area of Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=729
- USA (2017-06-22) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in Arleta, Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=719
- USA (2016-12-12) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) – APHIS Establishes a Quarantine in the Arleta Area of Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=697
- USA (2015-12-10) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in the La Mesa area of San Diego County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=642
- USA (2015-08-17) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean Fruit Fly) - Removal of Quarantine Area in the Perris area of Riverside County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=630
- USA (2014-10-28) Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) – Removal of Quarantine Area in the Los Angeles area of Los Angeles County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=602- USA (2013-04-24) Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) eradicated in the United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=546
- USA (2014-05-22) Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) – New quarantine area established in Los Angeles County, California.http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=586
- USA (2007-11-14) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantined area in Los Angeles County, California. United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=294
- USA (2007-10-29) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantined area in Santa Clara County, California. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=291
- USA (2007-09-20) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - Quarantine area in Solano County California. United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=285
* Papadopoulos NT, Plant RE, Carey JR (2013) From trickle to flood: the large-scale, cryptic invasion of California by tropical fruit flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B no. 208, 30131466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1466
* Stocks SD (2014) Update on fruit flies in the United States. NPDN First Detector Network News 9(2), 5-6.
* Stocks SD (2013) Medfly declared eradicated from US once again. NPDN - First Detector Network News 8(2), p 4.
* Villablanca, F. X.; Roderick, G. K.; Palumbi, S. R. (1998) Molecular Ecology 7 (5), 547-560.
* USDA (1982) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 26. Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Absent, pest eradicated |