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Detection of the solanum fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera latifrons</i> (Hendel) in Tanzania (Dipt., Tephritidae)

Maulid Mwatawala, Marc De Meyer, Ian White, A. P. Maerere, Rhodes H. Makundi

Journal of Applied Entomology · 2007 · 54 citations · 9 references

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Abstract: The presence of the Solanum fruit fly, Bactrocera latifrons , in Africa is reported for the first time, based on trapped and reared specimens in Tanzania. Two new host records, Solanum aethiopicum and Solanum macrocarpon , are reported.

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A New Invasive Fruit Fly Species from the Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) Group Detected in East Africa

Sławomir A. Lux, Robert S. Copeland, Ian White et al. · International Journal of Tropical Insect Science · 2003 · 238 citations

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Field infestation, life history and demographic parameters of the fruit fly<i>Bactrocera invadens</i>(Diptera: Tephritidae) in Africa

Sunday Ekesi, Peterson W. Nderitu, Ivan Rwomushana · Bulletin of Entomological Research · 2006 · 194 citations

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Seasonality and host utilization of the invasive fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera invadens</i> (Dipt., Tephritidae) in central Tanzania

Maulid W. Mwatawala, Marc De Meyer, Rhodes H. Makundi et al. · Journal of Applied Entomology · 2006 · 148 citations

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Taxonomy of the Dacina (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Africa and the Middle East.

Ian White · African Entomology · 2006 · 125 citations · Full text

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Biodiversity of fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in orchards in different agro-ecological zones of the Morogoro region, Tanzania

Maulid W. Mwatawala, Marc De Meyer, Rhodes H. Makundi et al. · Fruits · 2006 · 114 citations · Full text

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