Anastrepha grandis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Genus: | Anastrepha |
Species: | A. grandis
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Binomial name | |
Anastrepha grandis (Macquart, 1846)
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Anastrepha grandis is a fruit fly, also known as the South American cucurbit fruit fly. It is a pest of various cultivated species of Cucurbitaceae, especially the pumpkin, squash and melon. [1] Anastrepha grandis is found in almost all South American countries.
Once a pest of minor to moderate importance generally, it has become a rather important pest. [2] [3] This kind of species is potentially of economic importance in Florida and southern Texas should it ever be introduced there.