Olive, which is an important product of the Mediterranean basin, is a source of healing and an economically strategic product. The sustainability and protection of this product is extremely important. There are many harmful species seen in olives. The main pest of the olive fly; B. olea. The olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) causes damage both directly and indirectly.

The purpose of this review is to obtain more successful results in the control by determining the susceptibility of olive varieties to olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) and the parameters that play a role in the selection of olive fly (Bactrocera oleae).

In this review, seasonal flight activity and population dynamics of olive fly (Bactrocera oleae), susceptibility of olive cultivars to olive fly (Bactrocera oleae), effects of pomological characteristics on olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) olive variety selection, olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) on the fruit and the physicochemical changes that occur as a result of the damage caused by the olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) on the fruit are mentioned.