OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOUR OF RHAGOLETIS TOMATIS IN TOMATO (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)

Authors

  • D. Frías L. Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences image/svg+xml

Keywords:

R h a g o le t is t o m a t is , tomato (L y c o p e r s ic u m e s c u le n t u m ) , oviposition, gregarism

Abstract

In experimental conditions R . to m a tis females visited more frecuently big green unripe fruits of
7 cm diameter than small fruits of 2 cm diameter, nevertheless the females oviposited their eggs more
frecuently in the small fruits. Further this experiments showed that R. t o m a t is females do not
oviposited in ripe fruits. The pheromone that the female is supposed to deposit in the surface of fruits
have a gregarious effect on the oviposition.

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Published

2022-07-18

Issue

Vol. 19 (1995)

Section

Artículos

How to Cite

OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOUR OF RHAGOLETIS TOMATIS IN TOMATO (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE). (2022). Acta Entomológica Chilena, 19, 159-162. https://revistas.umce.cl/index.php/actaent/article/view/2059