author(s)
N’Dépo OR, Minhibo MY, N’Goran A, Hala NF, Coulibaly A, Soro S and Yéboue NL

abstract
Host plants associated with Tephritidae in Côte d’Ivoire and discovery of a new fruit fly species: Dacus longistylus Fruit flies are a major entomological problem in Côte d’Ivoire. The fruit flies attack wild plants and cultivated plants that are the foci of re-infestations of orchards. The aim of this study is to inventory the host plants and flies associated with them. Various fruit species are collected and incubated in the laboratory. The collected larvae form the fruits are reared and the adult flies emerged are identified. Thirteen species of fruit flies have been identified and associated with twenty-nine fruit species. The fleshy fruits are the most attacked. Bactrocera dorsalis is the majority species with an average of 176.87 ± 90.28 individuals, followed by Ceratitis cosyra with 50.9 ± 33.76 individuals. The Bactrocera dorsalis is strongly represented in the mango. The species Dacus longistylus is identified for the first time in Côte-d’Ivoire and is associated only with Sodom Apple. The rate attack of fruit fluctuates between 10 and 100% and the level of fruit infestation varies from one fruit to another.