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Aug 2026
No single host is optimal: effects of fruit species on development and adult performance in Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae)
The results challenge the assumption that native hosts necessarily confer superior fitness and suggest a decoupling between host use in nature and host suitability under laboratory conditions and suggest that different host species may be selectively advantageous depending on ecological context and demographic needs.
Franco Pacelli, M. J. Ruiz, F. Devescovi et al.
· Frontiers in Insect Science · 0 citations