New native host plant records for Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Argentina.

OROÑO, L. E.; S. M. OVRUSKI; A. L., NORRBOM; C., COLIN; C. B. MARTIN Y P., SCHLISERMAN

FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Florida Entomological Society and Lubrecht & Cramer

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2005 vol. 88 p. 228 - 232

0015-4040

  For the first time Chrysophyllum gonocarpum (Sapotaceae) and Inga marginata (Fabaceae) are reported as host plants of Anastrepha fraterculus in Argentina. Infestation rates (number of A. fraterculus pupae / kg of fruit) were 86.1 and 27.0 for C. gonocarpum and I. marginata, respectively. In total, 32 A. fraterculus, 3 Ceratitis capitata, and 1 Aganaspis pelleranoi (parasitoid) adults were recovered from C. gonocarpum, while 64  A. fraterculus, 8  Doryctobracon brasiliensis (parasitoids), and 1 A. pelleranoi were obtained from I. marginata.