Throughout the past century, the global spread of Bactrocera pests has continued to pose a
significant threat to the commercial fruit and vegetable industry, resulting in substantial costs …

Simple Summary Tephritid fruit flies comprise pests of high agricultural relevance and
species that have emerged as global invaders. Chemical signals play key roles in multiple …

Introduction The oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most destructive
agricultural pests worldwide, with highly debated species delimitation, origin, and global …

Global trade in fresh fruit and vegetables, intensification of human mobility, and climate
change facilitate fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) invasions. Life-history traits, environmental …

In insects, rapidly evolving primary sex-determining signals are transduced by a conserved
regulatory module controlling sexual differentiation. In the agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata …

Abstract Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)(Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major pest of fruits and
vegetables across the world. Following its first detection in Africa in 2003, it has rapidly …

Timely detection of an invasion event, or a pest outbreak, is an extremely challenging
operation of major importance for implementing management action toward eradication …

As genomic data proliferates, the prevalence of post-speciation gene flow is making species
boundaries and relationships increasingly ambiguous. Although current approaches …

Tropical fruit flies are considered among the most economically important invasive species
detected in temperate areas of the United States and the European Union. Detections often …

Climate change is a major factor driving shifts in the distribution of invasive pests. The
oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, native to mainland Asia, has spread throughout …