IFAS Extension
Mexican Fruit Fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
H. V. Weems, Jr., J. B. Heppner, G. J. Steck, T. R. Fasulo, and J. L. Nation
Release Date: 9/8/2025
Agriculture
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is EENY201, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2001. Revised March 2012, June 2022, and February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
H. V. Weems, Jr (retired); J. B. Heppner (retired); G. J. Steck, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; T. R. Fasulo; and J. L. Nation, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
retired scientist, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology
adjunct curator, The Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History; courtesy assistant professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology
taxonomic entomologist and curator: Diptera (Tephritidae) (also misc. minor orders), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, courtesy faculty, Department of Entomology and Nematology, specialty: insect systematics, biological control, ecology
Contacts
biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology