Bactrocera tryoni

TaxID: 59916

Basic Information

Bactrocera tryoni

Queensland fruit fly, Fruchtfliege Queensland, Queensland Fruit Fly

Bactrocera tryoni, the Queensland fruit fly, is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae in the insect order Diptera. B. tryoni is native to subtropical coastal Queensland and northern New South Wales. They are active during the day, but mate at night. B. tryoni lay their eggs in fruit. The larvae then hatch and proceed to consume the fruit, causing the fruit to decay and drop prematurely. B. tryoni are responsible for an estimated $28.5 million a year in damage to Australian crops and are the most costly horticultural pest in Australia. Up to 100% of exposed fruit can be destroyed due to an infestation of this fly species. Previously, pesticides were used to eliminate B. tryoni from damaging crops. However, these chemicals are now banned. Thus, experts devoted to B. tryoni control have transitioned to studying this pests' behaviors to determine a new method of elimination.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Tephritidae

Bactrocera

tryoni

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Jeannie@BY-NC
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Morphological Features

Medium sized species (5–8 mm). Head with medium sized black facial spots. Thorax: postpronotal lobes (humeral calli) and notopleura yellow; scutum red-brown with fuscous markings; mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior notopleural seta; lateral postsutural vittae present, medial postsutural vitta absent; scutellum yellow. Wing with narrow fuscous costal band and broad fuscous anal streak; cells bc and c fuscous; microtrichia covering cell c and outer half of cell bc. Abdomen: terga III–V generally red-brown with a medial and two broad lateral longitudinal fuscous bands over all three terga, joined along anterior margin of tergum III; paler forms often present. Female with apex of aculeus needle-shaped.

Source: NCBI Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Diagnostic reference
Citation:

Drew, R. A. I. (1989). The tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 26, 1–521. (as cited in EPPO datasheet and Fruit Fly ID Australia)

Host Plants (224 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (74 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Albania Absent —
Argentina A1 list 2019
Austria Absent 2019
Belgium Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Brazil A1 list 2018
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile A1 list 2024
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Distribution (16 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

5
Present
10
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Absent
Australia Present
Chile Absent —
Cook Islands Absent —
India Present —
Northern Mariana Islands Absent —
New Caledonia Present —
Netherlands Absent —
New Zealand Transient —
Pitcairn Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_016617805.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_016617805.2 Chromosome 570 350 81886 -
GCA_000695345.1 Scaffold - - - - -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR29744212 head adult female 35316529 Australia:Brisbane
SRR29744211 head adult female 28893815 Australia:Brisbane
SRR29744210 head adult female 31455255 Australia:Brisbane

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature