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Anastrepha
Anastrepha is the most diverse genus of tephritid fruit flies in the American tropics and subtropics. Currently, it comprises more than 300 described species, including nine major pest species, such as the Mexican fruit fly (A. ludens), the South American fruit fly (A. fraterculus complex), the West Indian fruit fly (A. obliqua), the sapote fruit fly (A. serpentina), the Caribbean fruit fly (A. suspensa), the American guava fruit fly (A. striata), and the pumpkin fruit fly (A. grandis), as well as the papaya fruit fly (formerly Toxotrypana curvicada). As some of their names suggest, these pest species are one of the most numerous and damaging groups of insects in their native range, plaguing commercial fruits such as citrus, mango, guava, and papaya.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mexican Fruit Fly
speciesAnastrepha ludens
Papaya Fruit Fly
speciesAnastrepha curvicauda
Anastrepha fraterculus
speciesAnastrepha fraterculus
Anastrepha striata
speciesAnastrepha striata
Caribbean Fruit Fly
speciesAnastrepha suspensa
West Indian fruit fly
speciesAnastrepha obliqua
Anastrepha serpentina
speciesAnastrepha serpentina
Anastrepha grandis
speciesAnastrepha grandis
Anastrepha distincta
speciesAnastrepha distincta
Anastrepha nigrotaenia
speciesAnastrepha nigrotaenia
Anastrepha leptozona
speciesAnastrepha leptozona
Bumelia Fruit Fly
speciesAnastrepha pallens
Anastrepha compressa
speciesAnastrepha compressa
Anastrepha pulchra
speciesAnastrepha pulchra
Anastrepha pseudoparallela
speciesAnastrepha pseudoparallela
Anastrepha townsendi
speciesAnastrepha townsendi
Anastrepha tripunctata
speciesAnastrepha tripunctata
Anastrepha tubifera
speciesAnastrepha tubifera
Anastrepha tumida
speciesAnastrepha tumida
Anastrepha turicai
speciesAnastrepha turicai
Anastrepha turpiniae
speciesAnastrepha turpiniae
Anastrepha umbrosa
speciesAnastrepha umbrosa
Anastrepha undosa
speciesAnastrepha undosa
Anastrepha urichi
speciesAnastrepha urichi
Anastrepha willei
speciesAnastrepha willei
Anastrepha xanthochaeta
speciesAnastrepha xanthochaeta
Anastrepha zernyi
speciesAnastrepha zernyi
Anastrepha zeteki
speciesAnastrepha zeteki
Anastrepha zucchii
speciesAnastrepha zucchii
Anastrepha zuelaniae
speciesAnastrepha zuelaniae
Anastrepha aberrans
speciesAnastrepha aberrans
Anastrepha acris
speciesAnastrepha acris
Anastrepha aczeli
speciesAnastrepha aczeli
Anastrepha alveata
speciesAnastrepha alveata
Anastrepha alveatoides
speciesAnastrepha alveatoides
Anastrepha amita
speciesAnastrepha amita
Anastrepha amnis
speciesAnastrepha amnis
Anastrepha ampliata
speciesAnastrepha ampliata
Anastrepha anduzei
speciesAnastrepha anduzei
Anastrepha anomala
speciesAnastrepha anomala
Anastrepha antilliensis
speciesAnastrepha antilliensis
Anastrepha antunesi
speciesAnastrepha antunesi
Anastrepha aphelocentema
speciesAnastrepha aphelocentema
Anastrepha aquila
speciesAnastrepha aquila
Anastrepha atrigona
speciesAnastrepha atrigona
Anastrepha atrox
speciesAnastrepha atrox
Anastrepha avispa
speciesAnastrepha avispa
Anastrepha bahiensis
speciesAnastrepha bahiensis
Anastrepha barbiellinii
speciesAnastrepha barbiellinii
Anastrepha barnesi
speciesAnastrepha barnesi
Anastrepha barrettoi
speciesAnastrepha barrettoi
Anastrepha belenensis
speciesAnastrepha belenensis
Anastrepha lutea
speciesAnastrepha lutea
Anastrepha benjamini
speciesAnastrepha benjamini
Anastrepha bezzii
speciesAnastrepha bezzii
Anastrepha bicolor
speciesAnastrepha bicolor
Anastrepha binodosa
speciesAnastrepha binodosa
Anastrepha bistrigata
speciesAnastrepha bistrigata
Anastrepha bivittata
speciesAnastrepha bivittata
Anastrepha borgmeieri
speciesAnastrepha borgmeieri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209117.