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Ceratitis capitata (Weidemann)
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Common Name: Mediterranean Fruit Fly 

Diagnosis: Cell cup of  forewing only twice as long as it is wide. Patterning on wings characteristic.  

Attractant: Med lure.  

Larval Hosts: Many fruits of the following families: Anacardiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Loganiaceae, Meliaceae, Oleaceae, Podocarpaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiacaea, Sapotaceae and Solanaceae.  
 

Economic status: 4 out of 5
 
Reference: White, I.M. and Elson-Harris, M.M. 1992 Fruit Flies of Economic Significance. CAB International, Wallingford UK.
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 In Australia not found in NSW,
presently found in only in WA.
 

Document 03245, submitted 21 October 1998
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