Research Article

Species Composition of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Selected Fruit Crops in Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 4

Mean fruit fly counts attracted by the male lure and food-based attractants.

SpeciesAttractantsTotal
Male luresFood-based
METMLTAProtein hydrolaseTorula yeast
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%

B. dorsalis2638697.5020.054261.542460.9127060
2.45ā€‰

C. capitata012035.110229.87120.84914.3342
64.935.1

C. cosyra018178.32912.583.5135.6231
90.89.1

C. fasciventris00337.5562.58
100

Overall97.03%2.97%27641