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Descriptor English: Ceratitis capitata
Descriptor Spanish: Ceratitis capitata
Descriptor Ceratitis capitata
Entry term(s) mosca de la fruta del Mediterráneo
mosca de la fruta mediterránea
moscamed
Scope note: Especie de mosca de la fruta que se origina en el África subsahariana pero que se halla ampliamente distribuida por todo el mundo. Una de las pestes de las frutas más destructivas, sus larvas se alimentan y se desarrollan a partir de muchos frutos y algunos vegetales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ceratitis capitata
Descriptor French: Ceratitis capitata
Entry term(s): Ceratitis capitatas
Flies, Mediterranean Fruit
Fly, Mediterranean Fruit
Fruit Flies, Mediterranean
Fruit Fly, Mediterranean
Medflies
Medfly
Mediterranean Fruit Flies
Mediterranean Fruit Fly
capitatas, Ceratitis
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033622
Scope note: A species of fruit fly originating in sub-Saharan Africa but widely distributed worldwide. One of the most destructive fruit pests, its larvae feed and develop on many different fruits and some vegetables.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36557
Unique ID: D033622
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Ceratitis capitata - Preferred
Concept UI M0006532
Scope note A species of fruit fly originating in sub-Saharan Africa but widely distributed worldwide. One of the most destructive fruit pests, its larvae feed and develop on many different fruits and some vegetables.
Preferred term Ceratitis capitata
Entry term(s) Ceratitis capitatas
Flies, Mediterranean Fruit
Fly, Mediterranean Fruit
Fruit Flies, Mediterranean
Fruit Fly, Mediterranean
Medflies
Medfly
Mediterranean Fruit Flies
Mediterranean Fruit Fly
capitatas, Ceratitis



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