First report of natural infestation of Pereskia aculeata Mill. (Cactaceae) by Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil.

MARSARO JÚNIOR, A. L.; SOUZA-FILH0, M. F. de; SILVA, R. A. da; STRIKIS, P. C.

First report of natural infestation of Pereskia aculeata Mill. (Cactaceae) by Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil.

Autores

MARSARO JÚNIOR, A. L.

SOUZA-FILH0, M. F. de

SILVA, R. A. da

STRIKIS, P. C.

Descripción

This is the first report of the natural infestation of fruits of Pereska aculeata Mill. (Cactaceae) by the Mediterranean fruit f1y Ceratilis capitala (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Brazil. We also obtained specimens of Anaslrepha barbiellinii Lima (Tephritidae) and Neosilba sp. (Lonchaeidae), and of the parasitoid Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).