Oriental Fruit Fly

 𝐁. 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 is a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐲.𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬,𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 referred to as the 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐲,is a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐲 that is 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 from 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.It is one of the 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 in the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐚 with a 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 of 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 and 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬.

The 𝐁. 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 species has 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 and 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 on its 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐱 and 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 on the 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐱 and the 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐓-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 on the 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 this species from its 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. The 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 are 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 with a 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝. The 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 is 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟖.𝟎 𝐦𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, with 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟕.𝟑 𝐦𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.

𝐁. 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 is 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 and 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 and is 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 to 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.The 𝐟𝐥𝐲 is also 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐬𝐮𝐛-𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚.It is a 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐁. 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 has been 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 in 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 of 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 and 𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, but they 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬 in 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐚, and 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 most 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 on 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫, and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.


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