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Anastrepha ludens
Summary
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Anastrepha |
| Species | ludens |
| Common Name | Mexican fruit fly |
| Description | Most species in the Anastrepha genus including A. ludens have a distinctive yellow and brown coloration of the body and wings. The adult A. ludens is 7–11 mm long, or slightly larger than a common house fly. They have a mesonotum that is 2.75-3.6 mm long and a wing span of 6.6-9.0 mm. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastrepha_ludens This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use. This genome project is part of the Ag100Pest project (http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest). |
| Publication | Childers AK, Geib SM, Sim SB, Poelchau MF, Coates BS, Simmonds TJ, Scully ED, Smith TPL, Childers CP, Corpuz RL, Hackett K, Scheffler B. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.. Insects. 2021 Jul 09; 12(7). |
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| Image Credit | Anastrepha ludens, adult female by Sheina B. Sim, USDA-ARS Daniel K. Inouye US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Service Tropical Pest Genetics and Molecular Biology Research Unit under CC-BY-SA license. |