Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)

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Release Date: 11/9/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in371-2001

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-214 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars 4, 230 and 273, updated for this publication), one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2001. Revised October 2007, September 2010, October 2016, September 2019, December 2022, and October 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Thomas, M. C., Heppner, J. B., Woodruff, R. E., Weems, Jr., H. V., Steck, G. J., & Fasulo, T. R. (1969). Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae). EDIS, 2004(8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in371-2001

Authors

Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas
external
University of Florida

retired (deceased) Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry

John Heppner
John Heppner
Specialist
University of Florida

adjunct curator, The Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History; courtesy assistant professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Robert Woodruff
Robert Woodruff
Specialist
University of Florida

emeritus entomologist, Florida department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry

Howard V. Weems Jr.
Howard V. Weems Jr.

entomologist emeritus (deceased) Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry

Gary John Steck
Gary John Steck
external
University of Florida

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

Thomas R. Fasulo
Thomas R. Fasulo

retired scientist, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

Contacts

Elena Rhodes
Elena Rhodes
staff
University of Florida

biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Publication #EENY-214

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Ochrosia elliptica

Passiflora edulis

Passiflora foetida

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Psidium guajava

Pyracantha coccinea

Selenicereus pteranthus

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Solanum seaforthianum

Syzygium cumini

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