Effect of Host Fruit Species, Size, and Color on Parasitization of Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1469-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge L. Leyva ◽  
Harold W. Browning ◽  
Frank E. Gilstrap
Keyword(s):  
Anastrepha Ludens ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Diachasmimorpha Longicaudata

Effects of releasing two Diachasmimorpha longicaudata population lines for the control of Ceratitis capitata infesting three key host fruit species

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 58-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Suárez ◽  
María Josefina Buonocore Biancheri ◽  
Guillermo Sánchez ◽  
Fernando Murúa ◽  
Claudia F. Funes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Diachasmimorpha Longicaudata

scholarly journals Diachasmimorpha longicaudata Parasitism Response to Medfly Host Fruit and Fruit Infestation Age

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahlem Harbi ◽  
Luis de Pedro ◽  
Fernando A. A. Ferrara ◽  
José Tormos ◽  
Brahim Chermiti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Diachasmimorpha Longicaudata ◽  
Fruit Preference

The parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is increasingly being used in integrated pest management (IPM) programs as a biological control agent in order to suppress tephritid fruit flies of economic importance. Innate and acquired behavioral responses—such as pest host fruit preference—of parasitoids can modulate their efficiency in the field and should be taken into consideration prior to parasitoid species’ selection for mass-rearing. We have assessed the influence of medfly-infested (two infestation ages, 1 and 4-d-old) and uninfested fruit species on host preference and efficiency of D. longicaudata by using a multistep assay including olfactory, laboratory and semi-field trials. We found that D. longicaudata was significantly more attracted to medfly-infested apples for both infestation ages, with the oldest being the most preferred. D. longicaudata exhibited a significant preference among the four fruits tested. The implications of these behavioral responses of D. longicaudata to medfly host fruits and infestation age are discussed in relationship to its use in IPM programs in the Mediterranean basin area.

Influence of host fruit species of medfly Ceratitis capitata on the parasitism level of Aganaspis daci.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-97
Author(s):  
A. Y. Ali ◽  
◽  
A. Ahmad ◽  
J. Ammar ◽  
R. Darwish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ceratitis Capitata ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Parasitism Level

scholarly journals New records of fruit trees as host for Neosilba species (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) in southeast Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Jane Gisloti ◽  
Manoel A. Uchoa ◽  
Angelo Prado
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Fruit Species

Abstract Fruits of thirty-five cultivated native plant species (19 orders and 12 families) were sampled in farms of fruit production from two municipalities of São Paulo state, Brazil (January 2010 to March 2012) to evaluate species diversity of Neosilba flies. Thirty-one species of plants were the host for Neosilba species while four were not infested. Some aspects of the biology and patterns of species diversity, abundance, infestation rates, puparias viability and the interactions among species of frugivorous flies and their host plants were quantified. Seven species of Neosilba were reared: Neosilba bella Strikis & Prado (4 hosts), Neosilba certa (Walker) (4 hosts), Neosilba glaberrima (Wiedemann) (5 hosts), Neosilba inesperata Strikis & Prado (6 hosts) Neosilba pendula (Bezzi) (15 hosts), Neosilba pradoi Strikis & Lerena (8 hosts) and Neosilba zadolicha McAlpine (26 hosts). The association between the lance flies and the host fruit species is discussed.

Host range and species diversity of Tephritidae of three plant formations in Western Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 732-742
Author(s):  
Issaka Zida ◽  
Souleymane Nacro ◽  
Rémy Dabiré ◽  
Laura Moquet ◽  
Hélène Delatte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Bactrocera Dorsalis ◽  
Indigenous Plants ◽  
New Host ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Wild Fruit ◽  
Western Burkina Faso

AbstractIn Western Burkina Faso, the host range of fruit flies was evaluated in three plant formations between May 2017 and April 2019. Samples of 61 potential hosts were collected and incubated for fruit fly emergence. Twenty-seven hosts including cultivated and wild fruit were identified. Among cultivated fruit species, mango, and guava were the most infested while high infestation incidences were observed in the fruit of the indigenous plants Vitellaria paradoxa, Annona senegalensis, Sarcocephalus latifolius, and Saba senegalensis. Low infestation rates were observed in Anacardium occidentale, Citrus species, Opilia celtidifolia, and Cissus populnea. The highest infestation index (1648.57 flies kg−1) was observed from V. paradoxa. Eleven new host fruit infested with many fruit fly species are reported in Burkina Faso. A total of 18 fruit fly species were reared; Bactrocera dorsalis (42.94%), Ceratitis cosyra (29.93%), and Ceratitis silvestrii (22.33%) dominated those that emerged. Four fruit fly species have been detected for the first time in Burkina Faso. The main suitable fruit hosts are abundant and available from May through August during the rainy season and become rare and have low infestation from November to April during the dry season. This is the first study of its kind in the region. This study shows that the three plant formations had an impact on population dynamics of the three tephritid species of economic importance in Western Burkina Faso. This information should be integrated into the development of a fruit fly pests management strategy.

Development of Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Several Host Fruit

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1160-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge L. Leyva ◽  
Harold W. Browning ◽  
Frank E. Gilstrap
Keyword(s):  
Anastrepha Ludens ◽  
Host Fruit

scholarly journals Metagenomic Survey of the Highly Polyphagous Anastrepha ludens Developing in Ancestral and Exotic Hosts Reveals the Lack of a Stable Microbiota in Larvae and the Strong Influence of Metamorphosis on Adult Gut Microbiota

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martín Aluja ◽  
Jesús Alejandro Zamora-Briseño ◽  
Vicente Pérez-Brocal ◽  
Alma Altúzar-Molina ◽  
Larissa Guillén ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Prunus Persica ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Anastrepha Ludens ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Larval Food ◽  
Microbial Composition ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Casimiroa Edulis

We studied the microbiota of a highly polyphagous insect, Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae), developing in six of its hosts, including two ancestral (Casimiroa edulis and C. greggii), three exotic (Mangifera indica cv. Ataulfo, Prunus persica cv. Criollo, and Citrus x aurantium) and one occasional host (Capsicum pubescens cv. Manzano), that is only used when extreme drought conditions limit fruiting by the common hosts. One of the exotic hosts (“criollo” peach) is rife with polyphenols and the occasional host with capsaicinoids exerting high fitness costs on the larvae. We pursued the following questions: (1) How is the microbial composition of the larval food related to the composition of the larval and adult microbiota, and what does this tell us about transience and stability of this species’ gut microbiota? (2) How does metamorphosis affect the adult microbiota? We surveyed the microbiota of the pulp of each host fruit, as well as the gut microbiota of larvae and adult flies and found that the gut of A. ludens larvae lacks a stable microbiota, since it was invariably associated with the composition of the pulp microbiota of the host plant species studied and was also different from the microbiota of adult flies indicating that metamorphosis filters out much of the microbiota present in larvae. The microbiota of adult males and females was similar between them, independent of host plant and was dominated by bacteria within the Enterobacteriaceae. We found that in the case of the “toxic” occasional host C. pubescens the microbiota is enriched in potentially deleterious genera that were much less abundant in the other hosts. In contrast, the pulp of the ancestral host C. edulis is enriched in several bacterial groups that can be beneficial for larval development. We also report for the first time the presence of bacteria within the Arcobacteraceae family in the gut microbiota of A. ludens stemming from C. edulis. Based on our findings, we conclude that changes in the food-associated microbiota dictate major changes in the larval microbiota, suggesting that most larval gut microbiota is originated from the food.

Phenotypic plasticity in clutch size regulation among populations of a potential invasive fruit fly from environments that vary in host heterogeneity and isolation

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Aluja ◽  
A. Birke ◽  
F. Díaz-Fleischer ◽  
J. Rull
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Plasticity ◽  
Clutch Size ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Host Size ◽  
Anastrepha Ludens ◽  
Laboratory Population ◽  
Size Regulation ◽  
Host Fruit ◽  
Wild Host

AbstractPhenotypic plasticity is thought to evolve in response to environmental unpredictability and can shield genotypes from selection. However, selection can also act on plastic traits. Egg-laying behaviour, including clutch size regulation, is a plastic behavioural trait among tephritid fruit flies. We compared plasticity in clutch size regulation among females of Anastrepha ludens populations stemming from environments that differed in the degree of predictability in egg-laying opportunities. Clutch size regulation in response to hosts of different sizes was compared among flies from (a) a wild, highly isolated population, (b) a wild population that switches seasonally from a small wild host fruit that varies greatly in abundance to an abundant large-sized commercial host, and (c) a laboratory population. Flies from all three populations adjusted clutch number and size according to host size. However, flies from the heterogeneous wild environment were more plastic in adjusting clutch size than flies from agricultural settings that also laid fewer eggs; yet both populations were more plastic in adjusting clutch size in line with host size when compared with laboratory females. When wild and orchard females encountered the largest host, clutch size was extremely variable and egg regulation did not follow the same trend. Heterogeneity in host availability in space and time appears to be as important as seasonal variation in host size in maintaining plastic clutch size regulation behaviour. In stable environments, there was a clear reduction in the plasticity of these traits.

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