Caracterização de danos de moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritoidea) em frutos de Stenocalyx dysentericus (Mart.) O. Berg

Resumo

The cagaita (Stenocalyx dysentericus (Mart.) O. Berg) is a fruit native to the Cerrado Biome with high potential for fresh consumption, in the form of juices, candy and jellies. Its fruits are highly affected by insects, primarily by fruit flies of Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae families. The characterization of damage by fruit flies can be valuable in the development of strategies for the management of this insect. Thus, the objective to assess and describe the damage caused by fruit flies in fruits of natural populations of cagaita located in the Cerrado. The fruit collection occurred in the months of September to November in the year 1999, coincident with ripening period of fruits in the Cerrado biome, in nine municipalities. The damage was characterized and estimated the percentage of damaged fruit and the species of fruit flies occurring. The damage caused by fruit flies in fruits of cagaita correspond to individual scars and little depression on outer surface with progressive loss of consistency and rupture of the internal fibers culminating in the softening of the fruit. The species of fruit flies Anastrepha obliqua and A. fraterculus are often associated with cagaiteiras in the state of Goiás.

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Myrtaceae, Anastrepha, Ceratitis capitata, Neosilba

Citação

FERREIRA, Gislene Auxiliadora et al. Caracterização de danos de moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritoidea) em frutos de Stenocalyx dysentericus (Mart.) O. Berg. Magistra, Cruz das Almas, v. 28, n. 2, p. 261-267, 2016. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrb.edu.br/index.php/magistra/article/view/3947. Acesso em: 28 fev. 2025.