This tool was developed as part of a series of joint projects between the Insect Systematics and Biodiversity lab at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Daniel K. Inouye Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Science and Technology (S&T) Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, with funding through Plant Protection Act 7721. The website is developed and managed by the USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Pest Identification Technology Laboratory, Identification Technology Program.
The content is in the public domain except where otherwise indicated. However, we ask that appropriate acknowledgement is given to the authors, USDA ARS, USDA APHIS, and University of Hawai'i at Manoa if the information and figures from Adult Bactrocera fruit fly ID is used elsewhere.
This site also includes content created by other individuals or institutions. Where this content is copyrighted, it should be properly credited and users must seek permission from the appropriate copyright owners to use this material. For photos indicated © RMCA, contact the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium, and for photos indicated © CDFA contact the California Department of Food and Agriculture, California, United States.
All photographic images were produced by the authors except where acknowledged in image captions. Photos indicated with © RMCA were produced by Jonathan Brecko, Annelies Kayenbergh and Marc De Meyer of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium. Photos indicated with © CDFA were produced by Severyn Korneyev of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, California, United States.
Doorenweerd, C., Leblanc, L., Anderson, C. T., San Jose, M., Kim, J. W., Rubinoff, D., Geib, S., Todd, T., and Barr, N. 2025. Adult Bactrocera fruit fly ID (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini). [date of access] < https://idtools.org/bactrocera >
Even though we have made every effort to provide accurate and updated information, the authors and institutions involved specifically disclaim all legal liability with respect to the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information contained in Adult Bactrocera fruit fly ID. The authors and the institutions involved shall assume no legal liability for any damages, including direct, indirect, consequential, compensatory, special, punitive, or incidental damages arising from or relating to the use of Adult Bactrocera fruit fly ID or the information and materials provided by or linked from Adult Bactrocera fruit fly ID.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
Mention of companies or commercial products does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the USDA over others not mentioned. USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of any product mentioned. Product names are mentioned solely to report factually on available data and to provide specific information. The findings and conclusions in this website have not been formally disseminated by the USDA and should not be construed to represent agency determination or policy.
Authors: Doorenweerd et al.
Last updated April 2025
idtools.org
