Bactrocera (Daculus) oleae ( Rossi, 1790 )

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Bactrocera (Daculus) oleae ( Rossi, 1790)

Olive fruit fly

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Distribution. Continental Africa. Réunion. Southern Europe, Middle East. Pakistan. India. California (detected 1998). Hawaii (Hawaii Island, Maui; detected 2019).

Male lure. No known lure.

Host plants. Category A destructive pest of olive fruits ( Vargas et al. 2015). OLEACEAE : Olea spp.

Biology. Adults mate at dusk ( Ahmad et al. 2018). In California, females live at most six months, laying as many as 500 eggs ( Rice 2000). Eggs hatch in two to three days, larval development takes about 20 days and pupal stage duration in fruit takes 8–10 days ( Rice 2000).

Figures

Figure 57. Bactrocera (Daculus) oleae (Rossi). A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C–D) Abdomen, female. E) Abdomen, male. F) Wing. G) Lateral view, female.