Solanum americanum Mill.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 25-26

Solanum americanum Mill.

GRIN Nomen number: 100795

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: American nightshade (English), amerikansk nattskatta (Swedish), black nightshade (English), glossy nightshade (English), hierba mora negra (Spanish), small-flower nightshade (English).

Native: NORTHERN AMERICA - Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington; Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Florida, southern Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi; South- Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas; Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California; Mexico; SOUTHERN AMERICA - Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines - St. Vincent; Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela; Brazil: Brazil; Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Southern South America: Paraguay.

Naturalized: widely naturalized in tropics.

Field Infestation: Matsuyama et al. 2007: Sexually mature B. latifrons females landed on and stung both mature and non-mature fruits. 44% and 46% of B. latifrons first instars inoculated into mature fruits and non-mature fruits, respectively, emerged as adults.

Shimizu et al. 2007: From May 1999 to July 2004, a total of 165,750 fruits was collected on Yonaguni Island, Japan, from which a total of 639 B. latifrons was recovered.

Listing Only: Matsuyama et al. 2007