Table 1.
List of pest species of Bactrocera, ranked by category of severity.
| Species | Hosts | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| CATEGORY A pests | ||
| B. carambolae Drew & Hancock | Polyphagous fruit pest | Vietnam to Indonesia. Introduced into South America. |
| B. correcta (Bezzi) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Pakistan to Vietnam. |
| B. cucurbitae (Coquillett) | Primarily Cucurbitaceae (fruit & flower) | Tropical Asia (widespread). Introduced into Africa and Oceania. |
| B. dorsalis (Hendel) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Tropical Asia (widespread). Introduced into Africa and Oceania. |
| B. latifrons (Hendel) | Mainly Solanaceae | Pakistan to Taiwan; south to Sulawesi. Introduced into Hawaii and Africa. |
| B. neohumeralis (Hardy) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia, New Guinea. |
| B. oleae (Gmelin) | Olive | Africa. Introduced into southern Europe, the Middle East and California. |
| B. tryoni (Froggatt) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia. Introduced in Oceania. |
| B. zonata (Saunders) | Polyphagous fruit pest | India to Vietnam. |
| CATEGORY B pests | ||
| B. aquilonis (May) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia. May be conspecific with B. tryoni. |
| B. caryeae (Kapoor) | Oligophagous fruit pest | Southern India. |
| B. cucumis (French) | Cucurbitaceae (fruit) | Australia. |
| B. curvipennis (Froggatt) | Polyphagous fruit pest | New Caledonia. |
| B. facialis (Coquillett) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Tonga. |
| B. frauenfeldi (Schiner) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia, Micronesia (except Marianas), New Guinea, Solomon Islands. |
| B. jarvisi (Tryon) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia. |
| B. kandiensis Drew & Hancock | Oligophagous fruit pest | Sri Lanka. |
| B. kirki (Froggatt) | Polyphagous fruit pest | French Polynesia, Fiji (Rotuma), Niue, Samoa (American & Western), Tonga. |
| B. kraussi (Hardy) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia. |
| B. melanotus (Coquillett) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Cook Islands. |
| B. minax (Enderlein) | Citrus | Bhutan, China, Nepal. |
| B. musae (Tryon) | Banana | Australia, New Guinea. |
| B. occipitalis (Bezzi) | Oligophagous fruit pest | Kalimantan, Philippines. |
| B. passiflorae (Froggatt) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Fiji, Wallis & Futuna, Niue. |
| B. psidii (Froggatt) | Polyphagous fruit pest | New Caledonia. |
| B. tau (Walker) | Cucurbitaceae (fruit) | Pakistan to Philippines; south to Sumatra & Sulawesi. |
| B. trilineola Drew | Polyphagous fruit pest | Vanuatu. |
| B. tsuneonis (Miyake) | Citrus | China, Japan. |
| B. xanthodes (Broun) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (Austral group), Niue, Samoa (American & Western), Tonga, Wallis & Futuna. |
| CATEGORY C pests | ||
| B. albistrigata (deMeijere) | Oligophagous fruit pest | Indonesia, Malaysia |
| B. atrisetosa (Perkins) | Cucurbitaceae (fruit) | New Guinea. |
| B. bryoniae (Tryon) | Banana, chili pepper | Australia, New Guinea. |
| B. caudata (Fabricius) | Cucurbitaceae (flowers) | India to Taiwan; south to Indonesia (Lesser Sundas). |
| B. decipiens (Drew) | Cucurbitaceae (fruit) | New Guinea. |
| B. depressa (Shiraki) | Cucurbitaceae (fruit) | Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. |
| B. distincta (Malloch) | Sapotaceae | Fiji, Samoa (American & Western), Tonga, Wallis Is. |
| B. diversa (Coquillett) | Cucurbitaceae (flowers) | Pakistan to Vietnam. |
| B. halfordiae (Tryon) | Oligophagous fruit pest | Australia. |
| B. melas (Perkins & May) | Polyphagous fruit pest | Australia. May be conspecific with B. tryoni. |
| B. moluccensis (Perkins) | Inocarpus fagifer | Java to New Guinea, Solomon Islands. |
| B. obliqua (Malloch) | Guava, Syzygium | New Guinea. |
| B. passiflorae (sp. nr.) | Oligophagous fruit pest | Fiji, Tokelau, Tonga (Niuas Group), Tuvalu. |
| B. pyrifoliae Drew & Hancock | Guava, peach, pear | Thailand, Vietnam. (Member of B. dorsalis complex). |
| B. scutellaris (Bezzi) | Cucurbitaceae (flowers) | India to Vietnam; south to peninsular Malaysia. |
| B. scutellata (Hendel) | Cucurbitaceae (flowers) | Bhutan to Vietnam; north to Taiwan & Japan (Ryukus). |
| B. strigifinis (Walker) | Cucurbitaceae (flowers) | Australia, New Guinea. |
| B. triangularis (Drew) | Cucurbitaceae (flowers) | New Guinea. |
| B. trivialis (Drew) | Oligophagous fruit pest | New Guinea. (Member of B. dorsalis complex). |
| B. tuberculata (Bezzi) | Oligophagous fruit pest | Bangladesh to Vietnam. |
| B. umbrosa (Fabricius) | Breadfruit, jackfruit | Widespread from southern Thailand through New Guinea to New Caledonia. |
| CATEGORY D pests | ||
| B. arecae (Fabricius) | Betel nut | Malaysia (Peninsular), Singapore, Thailand. |
| B. atramentata (Hering) | Pometia pinnata | New Guinea. |
| B. bancroftii (Tryon) | Mulberry | Australia. |
| B. expandens (Walker) | Mangosteen | Australia, Indonesia (Moluccas), New Guinea. |
| B. hastigerina (Hardy) | Spondias | New Guinea, Solomon Islands. |
| B. hochii (Zia) | Luffa cylindrica (fruit) | Bangladesh to Vietnam; south to Sumatra. |
| B. lineata (Perkins) | Pometia pinnata | New Guinea. |
| B. mesomelas (Bezzi) | Guava | Africa. |
| B. mucronis (Drew) | Guava, sweetsop | New Caledonia. |
| B. munda (Bezzi) | Squash (fruit) | Philippines, Taiwan. |
| B. murrayi (Perkins) | Mango, Surinam cherry | Australia, New Guinea. |
| B. mutabilis (May) | Guava, kumquat | Australia. |
| B. nigrofemoralis White & Tsuruta | Pomelo, mamey sapote | Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka. |
| B. nigrotibialis (Perkins) | Guava, rose-apple | India to Vietnam; south to Indonesia (Lesser Sundas). |
| B. ochroma Drew & Romig | Mango | Indonesia. |
| B. perfusca (Aubertin) | Mango, rose-apple | French Polynesia (Marquesas only). |
| B. pruniae Drew & Romig | Peach | Vietnam. |
| B. quadrisetosa (Bezzi) | Pometia pinnata | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. |
| B. speculifera (Walker) | Breadfruit | New Guinea. |
| B. tapervitta Mahmood | Luffa cylindrica (fruit) | Philippines. |
| B. trichosanthes Drew & Romig | Bittergourd (fruit) | Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Peninsular & East), Thailand. |
| B. trimaculata (Hardy & Adachi) | Bittergourd (fruit) | Philippines. |
| B. versicolor (Bezzi) | Sapodilla | India, Sri Lanka. |