Melon fruit fly fact sheet
The Melon fruit fly is perhaps the most damaging exotic pest of plants from the gourd family. This includes all commercially-grown melons, and many vegetables such as cucumber, pumpkin, squash and zucchini. It is also a major pest of other produce, including mango, avocado, oranges, peach, passionfruit and pawpaw. The species (previously known as Bactrocera cucurbitae) is likely native to India but is now widespread across nearly all of southern Asia, much of Africa and many pacific islands including Papua New Guinea. It is not present in Australia, but there is risk of it being introduced through illegally fruit or vegetables or by natural dispersal into Northern Australia.
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