Monitoring of Tephritidae of Fruit Trees and Their Level of Infestation in South Kordofan State, Sudan

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are the most serious insect pests of fruits and vegetables in Tropical and subtropical areas of the world. They destroy horticultural produce by oviposting in fresh plant tissues while still on the plant and causing serious economic losses .The present study was carried out in South Kordofan State, Sudan, particularly in Abugubeiha region to identify fruit fly species which prevailed in the area and infestation levels causes by fruit flies species. The field monitoring of Tephritid fruit fly species using Nulure as a food attractant revealed the presence of three species, namely mango fruit fly Ceratitis cosyra, which was the dominant species in the region, melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae and the Asian fruit fly, Bactrocera invadens. Infestation level caused by fruit fly in Abugubeiha area was much higher (67%) in guava the second season. In the first season, the highest recorded level was also in guava (51%) followed by mango (31%) and grapefruit (18%), respectively.