What is it about?
The male sex pheromone components of the Philippines fruit fly are identical with those detected in the Oriental fruit fly, Asian Papaya fruit fly and Invasive fruit fly. This shows that the for putative species are actually one and the same biological species.
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Why is it important?
If the four species are accepted as one single biological species, then it will certainly ease quarantine procedures in global trade of fruit/vegetable commodity.
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This page is a summary of: Comparison of methyl eugenol metabolites, mitochondrial COI, and rDNA sequences of Bactrocera philippinensis (Diptera: Tephritidae) with those of three other major pest species within the dorsalis complex, Applied Entomology and Zoology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s13355-013-0183-5.
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