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Oriental fruit fly

Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912)

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The oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) is a species in the family Tephritidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the oriental fruit fly

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the oriental fruit fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oriental fruit fly as introduced in 25 countries, and flagged as invasive in 9 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. Côte d’Ivoireinvasive
  3. Ethiopiainvasive
  4. Guineainvasive
  5. Kenyainvasive
  6. Nigeriainvasive
  7. Senegalinvasive
  8. Sudaninvasive
  9. Togoinvasive
  10. Botswana
  11. Cape Verde
  12. Central African Republic
  13. Comoros
  14. Congo - Brazzaville
  15. Guinea-Bissau
  16. Liberia
  17. Mali
  18. Mauritania
  19. Mauritius
  20. Mayotte
  21. Niger
  22. Rwanda
  23. Sierra Leone
  24. United Arab Emirates
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  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the oriental fruit fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the oriental fruit fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyTephritidae
  6. genusBactrocera
  7. SpeciesBactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912)

Synonyms Bactrocera ferruginea, Bactrocera semifemoralis, Bactrocera variabilis, Bactrocera yilanensis, Chaetodacus ferrugineus, Chaetodacus ferrugineus dorsalis, Chaetodacus ferrugineus var. dorsalis, Chaetodacus ferrugineus var. okinawanus, Chaetodacus okinawanus, Dacus dorsalis, Dacus ferrugineus, Dacus semifemoralis, Dacus yilanensis, Musca ferruginea, Strumeta dorsalis, Strumeta dorsalis okinawana, Strumeta ferruginea

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • ミカンコミバエJapanese
  • Oosterse VruchtvliegDutch
  • แมลงวันทองThai
  • 東方果實蠅Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oriental fruit fly

Other species in the same genus Bactrocera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the oriental fruit fly an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the oriental fruit fly as invasive in 9 countries, including China, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guinea and Kenya. It lists it as introduced in 25 in all.

What kind of animal is the oriental fruit fly?

The oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) belongs to the family Tephritidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-fruit-fly

MLA

“Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-fruit-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{oriental_fruit_fly_2026,
  title = {Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-fruit-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}