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Specimen 16312: 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: #16312
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Rosaceae / Eriobotrya japonica (loquat)
Country: South Africa
Locality: Lynnwood  (Originaly Lynnwood, Pretoria)
Coordinates 28°15'10.01" E / 25°45'20.02" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: trimedlure
Reliability: D: associated material, fly ID confirmed or considered reliable
Collecting date: 4-2011
Collector: Mansell, M.
Type of association with host plant: Found on, or associated with
Number of specimens 1 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: TML trap in loquat tree; material sent to USDA/APHIS TX laboratory for medfly population genetics study

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