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Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)

mosca de fruta, Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Tephritidae

Genus
Ceratitis

Species
capitata

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2008

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Food contaminant

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Quarantine species

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

References

Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ceratitis capitata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17381. Accessed 28 April 2026.