Bactrocera tryoni
| Bactrocera tryoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Bactrocera |
| Species: | B. tryoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt, 1897) | |
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The Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) is a species of tephritid fruit fly native to Australia.
Adult flies are about 5 to 8mm in length in adult stage. Their larvae hatch in various fruit species, causing significant damage to crops.[1]
The fly has been the subject of extensive control regimes including a Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone where it is forbidden to take fruit, and post-harvest dipping of fruit in dimethoate and fenthion. As of October 2011, the use of these chemicals was under review by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), with dimethoate suspended from use.[2] In May 2012 and January 2013, the fly was found in Auckland, posing a risk to agriculture and leading to a quarantine.[3]
The white locus
A gene for white eye found in Drosophila is found to have homologs in this as well as numerous other Diptera.[4]
References
- ↑ Tri-state fruit fly program website
- ↑ Chemical review: dimethoate on APVMA website
- ↑ Chapman, Kate; Robinson, Victoria. "Fly breach blamed on relaxed security". stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ↑ Gomulski, L. M., Pitts, R. J., Costa, S., Saccone, G., Torti, C., Polito, L. C., Gasperi, G., Malacrida, A. R., Kafatos, F. C., Zwiebel, L. J. Genomic Organization and Characterization of the white Locus of the Mediterranean Fruitfly, Ceratitis capitata Genetics 2001 157: 1245-1255 Full text
Further reading
- Courtice, A. C. (2006). Of Peaches and Maggots, The Story of Queensland Fruit Fly. Published by Hillside Books.
External links
- Queensland fruit fly on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Review of Fruit Fly Management in Victoria and Options for Future Management. Independent review by Kalang Consultancy Services Pty Ltd. for the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria.
- Of Peaches and Maggots: The Story of Queensland Fruit Fly, A.C. Courtice, Hillside Books 2006