Ceratitis


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Noun1.Ceratitis - Mediterranean fruit fliesCeratitis - Mediterranean fruit flies    
genus Ceratitis
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Trephritidae, family Trypetidae, Trephritidae, Trypetidae - fruit flies; some leaf miners
Ceratitis capitata, medfly, Mediterranean fruit fly - small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit
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For example, wild females of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) that first mated with mass-reared, sterile males remated at higher rates than wild females first mated to wild males (Vera et al.
Ability of sterile males to inhibit female remating in the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)
However, the concern about the possible quarantine importance of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) on banana exports is not recent.
First record of the association of banana (Musa sp.) and Ceratitis capitata (Widemann, 1824) in Brazil/ Primeiro registro da associacao de banana (Musa sp.) e Ceratitis capitata (Widemann,1824) no Brasil
In Brazil, two species are predominant: the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann, 1830), infesting 114 species and the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824), with 93 reported hosts (Zucchi, 2008, 2012).
Rearing two fruit flies pests on artificial diet with variable pH/Criacao de duas moscas-das-frutas praga em dieta artificial com variacao de pH
AND CERATITIS CAPITATA WIEDEMANN (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) IN THE ABANCAY VALLEY, APURIMAC, PERU
DIVERSIDAD, FLUCTUACION POBLACIONAL Y HOSPEDANTES DE MOSCAS DE LA FRUTA ANASTREPHA SPP. Y CERATITIS CAPITATA (WIEDEMANN) (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) EN EL VALLE DE ABANCAY, APURIMAC, PERU
Effect of protein sources on fecundity, food acceptance, and sexual choice by Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Efecto de atrayentes alimenticios para el monitoreo de Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) en Acca sellowiana (Myrtaceae)
Evaluating attractency of some protein derivatives for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedmann) and the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders).
Occurrence and Seasonal Abundance of Fruit Fly, Bactrocera zonata Saunders (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Relation to Meteorological Factors
onde foram obtidos apenas cinco machos (2,22% da amostragem), impossibilitando sua identificacao e um especime de Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (0,44% da amostragem).
Interaction between fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the host plant Sorocea bonplandii (Moraceae)/Interacao entre moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) e a planta hospedeira Sorocea bonplandii (Moraceae)/Interaccion entre las moscas de la fruta (Diptera: Tephritidae) y la planta hospdedera Sorocea bonplandii (Moraceae)
This gregarious parasitoid attacks fruit flies of the genus Ceratitis, Dacus and Bactrocera (Diptera: Tephritidae) (NOYES, 2012; LASALLE & WHARTON, 2002).
Tetrastichus giffardianus on pupae of Anastrepha in Brazil/Tetrastichus giffardianus em pupas de Anastrepha no Brasil
(2011), who have found reduced damage on fruit treated with kaolin when exposed to Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (Diptera: Tephritidae) adults in field conditions.
Control of the south American fruit fly in pear fruits with natural-based products/ Controle da mosca-das-frutas Sul-Americana em frutos de pera com produtos de origem natural

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