Journal of Economic Entomology (1994) 87, 176-180

Pablo Liedo and James R. Carey (1994)
Mass rearing of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) fruit flies: A demographic analysis
Journal of Economic Entomology 87 (1), 176-180
Abstract: A mass rearing demographic model was applied to three species of Anastrepha fruit flies: A. ludens (Loew), A. obliqua (Macquart), and A. serpentina (Wiedemann). All flies were field collected as larvae from infested fruits and later sorted by pupal weight. The effects of size on mass-rearing demographic parameters were determined. The number of pupae produced per female was higher for the large flies. The optimal discard age was similar for both large and small flies and was longer than the optimal discard age reported for other laboratory reared tephritids. Age distribution analysis showed that the adults represent less than 1% of the standing population at the facility. The age distribution of the released population for a Sterile Insect Technique program was estimated and implications are discussed.
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Database assignments for author(s): James R. Carey

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anastrepha ludens	Citrus (genus)	Mexico
	Anastrepha obliqua	Mango (Mangifera indica)	Mexico
	Anastrepha serpentina	Manilkara (genus)	Mexico