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Specimen 17257: 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: #17257
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: N/A / (Unknown) (None)
Country: Nigeria
Locality: Benue
Coordinates 8°30'60" E / 8°19'0" N
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: methyl eugenol
Reliability: F: no host data, fly ID confirmed or considered reliable
Collecting date: 15-4-2011
Collector: Umeh, V.
Type of association with host plant: N/A
Number of specimens 1 (1 male(s), 0 female(s), 0 unsexed)
Remarks: material sent to USDA/APHIS TX laboratory for medfly population genetics study

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