Mangifera indica L.

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 : 19

Mangifera indica L.

GRIN Nomen number: 23351

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common Name: amba (Transliterated Arabic), common mango (English), Indian mango (English), manga (Portuguese), manga (Spanish), mango (English), Mango (German), mango (Swedish), Mangobaum (German), Mangopalme (German), mangue (French), mangueira (Portuguese), manguier (French).

Native: ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: India – Assam; Indo-China: Myanmar.

Cultivated: widely cultivated in tropics.

Field Infestation: PestID 2011: Bactrocera latifrons was recovered by USDA-APHIS-PPQ from Mangifera indica once at the airport in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (“interception”) in July 2006, with a recovery of 4 living immature (larvae).

Listing Only: Liquido et al. 1994 (note, though, that this paper includes the comment: “R. Drew [Queensland Dept. of Primary Industries, personal communication] contends that this is an erroneous record, probably based on misidentification of B. dorsalis ”); Vijaysegaran 1991; White and Elson-Harris 1992 (“a doubtful record”); Yunus and Ho 1980.