Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): Invasive pest of ripening soft fruit expanding its geographic range and damage potential

By D. Walsh, M. Bolda, R. Goodhue, A. Dreves, Jana C. Lee, D. Bruck, V. Walton, Sally D. O'Neal, F. Zalom. 2011

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Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, a native of eastern and southeastern Asia, is a pest of small and stone fruits. First detected in California in 2008, the insect is now found across the Pacific Coast states. Its penchant for attacking healthy, ripening fruit (as opposed to overripe and rotting fruit favored by other so-called “vinegar flies”) makes it a potential economic threat to a host of soft- and thin-skinned fruit crops including cherry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry, peach, plums, pluots, nectarines, juice grape, table grape, and wine grape. Coordinated research projects to determine host preference, seasonal phenology, biology, and management options are taking place among entomologists in Washington, Oregon, and California. A description of the pest and initial findings on its biology, life history, known and expected geographic range, management and monitoring techniques, and economic considerations are presented and discussed.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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Humidity affects populations of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in blueberry (2016, background): “D. suzukii lays eggs in intact, ripe fruit (Walsh et al. 2011), making the fruit unmarketable and necessitating frequent insecticide sprays and other cultural control measures to protect crops (Van Timmeren and Isaacs 2013).”
Control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, by specific insecticides and by conventional and organic crop protection programs (2013, background): “The arrival and spread of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, into major fruit production regions of the northern hemisphere (Hauser, 2011; Cini et al., 2012) has caused significant economic and sociological impacts (Goodhue et al., 2011; Walsh et al., 2011).”
Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities (2015, background): “Finally, deterioration of fruit by SWD can increase its susceptibility to attack by other drosophilid species (Walsh et al. 2011).”
Life-history and host preference of Trichopria drosophilae, a pupal parasitoid of spotted wing drosophila (2016, background): “The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), is native to East Asia and has recently expanded its global range to include Europe, North America, and South America (Asplen et al. 2015; Cini et al. 2014; Walsh et al. 2011).”
Invasive host for invasive pest: when the Asiatic cherry fly (Drosophila suzukii) meets the American black cherry (Prunus serotina) in Europe (2014, background): “Drosophila suzukii is thus considered as an invasive pest in agricultural production systems (Beers et al., 2011; Walsh et al., 2011) because it attacks fleshly fruits of cultivated plants and drastically reduces fruit production.”
Effects of temperature on the reproduction and development of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (2014, background): “Whereas most Drosophila species oviposit on rotted fruits, D. suzukii females possess a serrated ovipositor, which allows them to lay eggs into fresh fruits before harvesting (Kanzawa 1939; Sasaki and Abe 1993; Walsh et al. 2011).”
Species distribution models of the Spotted Wing Drosophila ( Drosophila suzukii , Diptera: Drosophilidae) in its native and invasive range reveal an ecological niche shift (2018, background): “Climatic niche shifts may be especially important for D. suzukii, whose rapid expansion is likely aided by the global fruit trade (Walsh et al., 2011).”
Resistance of Drosophila suzukii to the larval parasitoids Leptopilina heterotoma and Asobara japonica is related to haemocyte load (2013, background): “Its invasion is extremely fast and raises many concerns from American and European producers of red fruit facing important economic losses (Goodhue et al., 2011; Walsh et al., 2011).”
Current knowledge of interactions between Drosophila suzukii and microbes, and their potential utility for pest management (2016, background): “On the host substrate, Drosophila larval feeding positively affects yeast density, and decreases the development of mould fungi (Wertheim et al. 2002; Stamps et al. 2012; Caballero Oritz et al. 2013).”
Olfactory responses of Drosophila suzukii females to host plant volatiles (2015, background): “The attractiveness of female D. suzukii towards all the host fruits in the experiments reconfirms that D. suzukii is capable of infesting a wide range of hosts (Bellamy et al., 2013) for oviposition and larval feeding (Lee et al., 2011; Walsh et al., 2011; Cini et al., 2012).”
Environmentally sustainable pest control options for Drosophila suzukii (2018, background): “…on the female abdomen Current sustainable control strategies include sanitary measures such as removal of nearby wild plants and ground covering vegetation as well as collection of dropped or leftover fruit in order to reduce host plant and food resources (Cini et al., 2012; Walsh et al., 2011).”
Efficacy of commercially available predators, nematodes and fungal entomopathogens for augmentative control of Drosophila suzukii (2015, background): “It exhibits a wide host range, infesting caneberries, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines and grapes (Walsh et al. 2011).”
Biological Control of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—Current and Pending Tactics (2019, neutral): “Spiders and ants have been observed to feed on spotted-wing drosophila larvae and pupae among fallen blueberries (Woltz et al. 2015), and Orius feed on larvae in field raspberries (Walsh et al. 2011).”