Drosophila melanogaster

Meigen, 1830

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Common name (English)

Fruit fly; Vinegar fly

Common name (Greek)

Φρουτόμυγα

Ηabitat

J1 Buildings

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic:

Impacts

Negative

Bred from spoiled fig, pear, tomato, pomegranate, orange (Georghiou 1977); Bred from figs, mandarins, pears, pomegranates, tomatoes and berries of Crataegus azarolus. Probably only over-ripe or damaged fruit is attacked (Morris 1937); common household pest (Demetriou pers. comm.).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.