EPPO Global Database

Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)

Distribution details in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2023
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/001) : trapped in the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. New host fruits: Butia capitata, Eugenia uniflora, Psidium cattleyanum, Vitis labrusca.
References
* Jobim K, Kaster PL, da Rosa BR, Tidon R, Garcia FR (2023) Expansion of the area of occurrence of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Americas and registration of new host plants. Brazilian Journal of Biology 83, e273916. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.273916
------- First record in Rio Grande do Sul.