Bactrocera carambolae

TaxID: 69614

Basic Information

Bactrocera carambolae

Carambola Fruit Fly, carambola fruit fly

Bactrocera carambolae, also known as the carambola fruit fly, is a fruit fly species in the family Tephritidae, and is native to Asia. This species was described by Drew and Hancock in 1994. Bactrocera carambolae are specifically native to Malaysia, southern Thailand and western Indonesia. In past years, this species has invaded South America via the trade of fruits from Indonesia. This species is known as a major exotic pest, labelled as high priority in the Tropical Fruit Industry Biosecurity Plan and a quarantine pest in Brazil.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Tephritidae

Bactrocera

carambolae

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Photos (5 photos)

Bactrocera carambolae
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(c) Franz Anthony@BY
Bactrocera carambolae
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(c) Len Worthington@BY-SA
Bactrocera carambolae
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(c) sinnacomb@BY-NC
Bactrocera carambolae
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(c) Ian Dugdale@BY
Bactrocera carambolae
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(c) Delia Alifia Farreza@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Face fulvous with a pair of medium-sized oval black spots. Wing with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only; a narrow fuscous costal band overlapping R2+3 and expanding slightly beyond apex of this vein across apex of R4+5; a narrow fuscous anal streak; supernumerary lobe of medium development. Abdominal terga III–V orange-brown with a dark ‘T’ pattern consisting of a narrow transverse band across anterior margin of tergum III that widens to cover lateral margins, a medium width medial longitudinal band over all three terga, a dark rectangular pattern on anterolateral corners of tergum IV, anterolateral corners of tergum V dark fuscous; ceromata on tergum V orange-brown; abdominal sterna dark fuscous to black. Male with epandrium and surstyli oval in outline (posterior view).

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Host Plants (91 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (22 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Australia Quarantine pests —
Brazil Present 2018
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Costa Rica Absent —
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Haiti Quarantine pests —
Jamaica Quarantine pests —
Saint Kitts and Nevis Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pest 2018
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Distribution (16 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

16
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
Brazil Present
Brunei Darussalam Present —
Cambodia Present —
France Present —
French Guiana Present —
Guyana Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Myanmar Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (515 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
QUA013-15 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 658 Thailand - 13.662228, 101.086754
QUA008-15 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 658 China - -
KHCTE168-16 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 683 Thailand 2014-02-17 7.53333, 99.78333
KHCTE088-12 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2011-05-26 7.53333, 99.7833
KHCTE086-12 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2011-05-26 7.53333, 99.7833
KHCTE020-12 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2011-05-26 7.53333, 99.7833
KHCTE011-12 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 658 Thailand 2011-05-26 7.53333, 99.7833
GBMTG1156-16 BOLD:AAA2295 ND6 522 - - -
GBMND40282-21 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 638 - - -
GBMND40281-21 BOLD:AAA2295 COI-5P 638 - - -
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Literature