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Definition of Mediterranean fruit fly
1. Noun. Small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit.
Generic synonyms: Fruit Fly, Pomace Fly
Group relationships: Ceratitis, Genus Ceratitis
Definition of Mediterranean fruit fly
1. Noun. A type of fruit fly capable of wreaking extensive damage, taxonomic name ''Ceratitis capitata''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Literary usage of Mediterranean fruit fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Under the provisions of section 8 of the plant- quarantine act the following
domestic plant-quarantines have been established: Mediterranean fruit-fly. ..."
2. All about Hawaii (1920)
"The native land of the Mediterranean fruit fly has been traced to continental
Africa. From there it is believed to have gotten into parts of Europe, ..."
3. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"(Mediterranean fruit fly) into the Hawaiian Islands and the subsequent quarantine
measures against Hawaiian fruits, the fruit-grower in the islands has been ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1915)
"In Bermuda, according to Harris (4) some of the fruits infested with Mediterranean
fruit fly larvae (Ceratitis capitata ..."
5. Report by Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, John Minton Westgate (1907)
"The recently introduced Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capi- tata) « which
was first noticed in the summer of 1910, is spreading rapidly on Oahu and ..."
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