Ceratitis capitata
This photograph corresponds to a record of Ceratitis capitata made in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina on 30/11/2017. The photograph was published by Manuel Godoy and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
En Mendoza hay una campaña estatal de control de la mosca de fruta, que se efectúa irradiando a los machos para que copulen con las hembras, pero no dejan descendencia. Se los tiñen para diferenciarlos.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Scientific name: | Ceratitis capitata |
| English Name: | |
| Spanish Name: | Mosca de la Fruta |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | Male |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 30/11/2017 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Mendoza |
| Location or protected area: | Godoy Cruz |
| Location accuracy: | Low |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 231564 View Full Record |
| Using Flash: | Si |
| Publication date: | 12/03/2017 00:40:31 |
