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Anastrepha suspensa

Anastrepha suspensa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Anastrepha
Species: A. suspensa
Binomial name
Anastrepha suspensa
(Loew, 1862)

Anastrepha suspensa, also called the Greater Antilliean fruit fly or guava fruit fly is closely related to the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens).

The larvae of the guava fruit fly attacks the tropical and subtropical fruit crops

EPPO has considered it as A1 quarantine pest. It is also a pest of guava, grapefruit, and various other cultivated fruits.



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