D. Adhikari1 and S. L. Joshi2
1Plant Protection Officer, District Agriculture Development Office, Sindhuli, Nepal
2Former Principal Scientist (Retired), Entomology Division, NARC, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
Abstract
Fruit fly Surveillance with protocol made in 2014-15 in citrus orchards in Sindhull district revealed Six species of Bactrocera, namely Bactrocera minax (Enderlein), B. cucurbitae Coquillett, B. dorsalis (Hendel), B. zonata (Saunders), B. tau Walker and B. scutellaris (Bezzi), and Dacus longicornis Wiedeman. Except B. minax, other fruit fly species were collected in male lure traps. B. minax fruit flies were reared to adults from infested sweet orange fruits. Each species of fruit flies have been morphologically identified up to species level for field identification purpose. D. longicornis is reported for the first time from Nepal.
Keywords: Fruit fly, Surveillance, male fruit fly lure, Bactrocera minax, B. cucurbitae, B.dorsalis, B. zonata, B. tau, B. scutellaris, Dacus longicornis.