Population monitoring and management of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis
capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), are still challenging, and are tightly connected to a deep …

Bactrocera flies are economic pests of agricultural crops all over the world. Among
Bactrocera flies, oriental fruit fly is an economically important pest of fruit crops in the world …

An integrative multidisciplinary approach was used to delimit boundaries among cryptic
species within the Anastrepha fraterculus complex in Brazil. Sexual compatibility, courtship …

O objetivo deste trabalho foi adequar as dietas artificiais para o desenvolvimento dos
estágios de larva e adulto da mosca-das-frutas sul-americana (Anastrepha fraterculus) …

We examined the influence of male size on the mating success of both wild and laboratory
populations of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) Ceratitis capitata. Laboratory females …

While most measures to control Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) target larvae and adult
insects, entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have shown promising results against pupae in the …

To examine how nutritional quality and resident gut bacteria interplay in improving the
fitness of an oligophagous fruit fly, Bactrocera minax, artificial sucrose diets and full diets …

Some species of the genus Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) are successfully managed by
matching the sterile insect technique with parasitoid releases. Such strategies used in …

Studies investigating oviposition preference of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) in table
grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivated in the São Francisco River Valley can provide important …

Entomopathogenic fungi (EF) and nematodes (EPN) can infect pupae of C. capitata
Wiedemann in the soil, where they are protected from most control measures. This study …