Conspecific females and males often follow different development trajectories which leads to
sex differences in age at maturity (sexual bimaturism, SBM). Whether SBM is typically …

Population monitoring and management of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis
capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), are still challenging, and are tightly connected to a deep …

Background The ability to respond to heterogenous nutritional resources is an important
factor in the adaptive radiation of insects such as the highly polyphagous Medfly. Here we …

Citrus peel essential oils are considered to constitute the most important resistance factor of
citrus fruits against fruit flies. Essential oils were obtained from three sweet orange varieties …

Background Phytophagous insects differ in their degree of specialisation on host plants, and
range from strictly monophagous species that can develop on only one host plant to …

BACKGROUND Linalool is a natural scent, found in essential oils (EOs) of several plants. It
is widely used as a fragrant, also possessing toxic, oviposition‐deterrent and repellent …

Female Mediterranean fruit flies (medfly) Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)(Diptera:
Tephritidae) perceive both qualitative and quantitative aspects of citrus fruit chemistry …

We studied, under laboratory conditions, demographic parameters of adult Mediterranean
fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)(Diptera: Tephritidae)(medfly), obtained from three …

Fruit flies are one of the most damaging horticultural pests in North Africa, but to date there is
no review gathering information and comparing their pest status across the countries in this …

Ceratitis capitata, a major agricultural pest, is currently expanding its geographic distribution
to northern, temperate areas of Europe. Its seasonal biology and invasion success depend …