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Specimen 15312: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species capitata
Original Taxonomy
Genus Tephritis
 Species capitata

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #15312
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: N/A / (Unknown) (None)
Country: South Africa
Locality: Wolseley-Tulbagh (halfway)  (Originaly Wolseley/Tulbagh)
Coordinates 19°10'0.01" E / 33°21'0" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: PTA (three component lure)
Reliability: F: no host data, fly ID confirmed or considered reliable
Collecting date: 3-2010
Collector: Barnes, B.
Type of association with host plant: N/A
Number of specimens 25 (5 male(s), 20 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: +200 specimens of same sample sent to USDA/APHIS TX laboratory for medfly population genetics study

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