EPPO Global Database

Bactrocera dorsalis(DACUDO)

Distribution details in French Polynesia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1996
From CABI Pest map 109 (2019): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/199) : South Pacific Commission reports it in Tahiti and Moorea only.

Leblanc (2022): Austral Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu-Gambier Islands, Marquesas.
References
* Leblanc, L.; Vargas, R. I.; Mackey, B.; Putoa, R.; Pinero, J. C. (2011) Florida Entomologist 94 (3), 510-516.
------- Tahiti.

* Leblanc L, Vueti ET, Drew RAI, Allwood AJ (2012) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) in the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 44, 11-53.

* 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

* Vargas, R. I.; Leblanc, L.; Harris, E. J.; Manoukis, N. C. (2012) Insects 3 (3), 727-742.

* Vargas, R. I.; Leblanc, L.; Putoa, R.; Eitam, A. (2007) Journal of Economic Entomology 100 (3), 670-679.
------- Discovered 1996 on Tahiti. From 1998 to 2006, B. dorsalis was recovered from Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, and Huahine.