Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society (2012) 44, 89-97

Luc Leblanc, Brian Fujita, Stuart H. Stein and Wesley K. Sawamura (2012)
Trapping records of fruit fly pest species (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Oahu (Hawaiian Islands): Analysis of spatial population trends
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 44, 89-97
Abstract: Fruit fly monitoring traps with male lures (cue-lure, methyl eugenol, trimedlure, latilure) and food lure (torula yeast and BioLure) were maintained on the island of Oahu for three years (2006-2008) at 40 sites, characterized as rural or residential, with or without agriculture or feral forest in proximity. The 1.7 million flies collected belonged to species already known to be established in Hawaii (Bactrocera cucurbitae, B. dorsalis, B. latifrons, and Ceratitis capitata); no new invasive species were trapped, though the remotely possible presence of sibling species nearly identical to B. dorsalis can't be ruled out. B. cucurbitae was predominant in leeward western Oahu and most abundant, in both rural and residential areas, wherever agriculture was practiced nearby. B. dorsalis was trapped in highest numbers in the windward northeastern portion of Oahu, and the presence of adjacent forest increased captures in both residential and rural environments. C. capitata was trapped in very large numbers at a coffee farm in Waialua and was rare at all other sites.
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Database assignments for author(s): Luc Leblanc

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bactrocera dorsalis		U.S.A. (Hawaii)
	Ceratitis capitata		U.S.A. (Hawaii)
	Zeugodacus cucurbitae		U.S.A. (Hawaii)
	Bactrocera latifrons		U.S.A. (Hawaii)