EntomoBrasilis (Mar 2024)

New records of host plants of Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, 1994 (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Cooperative Republic of Guyana

  • José Victor Torres Alves Costa,
  • Jefferson Luiz de Aguiar Paes,
  • Luiz Augusto Copati Souza,
  • Patricia Peters,
  • Paul Michael McWatt,
  • Alies van Sauers-Muller,
  • Maria do Socorro Miranda de Sousa,
  • Ricardo Adaime

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1048
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17

Abstract

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Specimens of Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, 1994 (Diptera: Tephritidae) were obtained from fruits of Averrhoa bilimbi L., Averrhoa carambola L. (Oxalidaceae), Malpighia emarginata DC. (Malpighiaceae), and Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), from a survey carried out in Lethem, Republic of Guyana. This is the first record of B. carambolae in A. bilimbi, M. emarginata and P. guajava in the country.

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