JOINT FAO/IAEA PROGRAMME INSECT PEST CONTROL SECTION

Insect Pest Control Laboratory


 

Insect Colonies Available at IPCL Seibersdorf

 

 

 

Fruit Flies

 

Species Type Strain origin / name
Anastrepha fraterculus Wild type Argentina (Tucuman), Ecuador (Guayas), Colombia (Ibague), Peru (Piura), Brazil (Piracicaba, Vacaria), 
Anastrepha fraterculus Mutants black pupae, red eye, white eye 
Anastrepha fraterculus GSS IPCL-89 Vacaria, IPCL-119 Vacaria, IPCL-51 Vacaria, IPCL-89 Piura, IPCL-89 Guayas
Anastrepha ludens Wild type Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Tamaulipas, Tapachula), Willacy
Anastrepha ludens Mutants black pupae
Anastrepha ludens GSS Family 10 Guatemala, Tapachula-7 Mexico
Anastrepha obliqua Wild type Brazil (Bahia), Mexico (Chiapas)
Anastrepha suspensa Wild type USA (Florida)
Bactrocera correcta Wild type Thailand (Phetchaburi), Viet Nam (Hai Duong)
Bactrocera correcta Mutants white pupae
Bactrocera dorsalis Wild type China (Yunan), France (La Reunion), India, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand (Saraburi), 
Bactrocera dorsalis Mutants white body, white pupae 
Bactrocera dorsalis GSS USA (Hawaii)
Bactrocera oleae Wild type Greece (Democritus, Chania), Hybrid (Italy, France, Spain, Croatia, Israel)
Bactrocera tryoni Wild type Australia
Bactorcera zonata Wild type Pakistan, Israel (Sub urban Tel Aviv)
Bactrocera zonata Mutants white pupae
Ceratitis capitata Wild type Egypt II, Seibersdorf, Argentina (Tucuman)
Ceratitis capitata Mutants Mutant lines (black fly, apricot eyes, dark apricot eyes, white eye, yellow body, elbowed setae, white pupae, eroded wings, dark pupae, sphere pupae, temperature sensitive lethal, double chaetae, ruby eyes, harpoon, orange red eyes, Seargant, fast developing females [fdf]); many of these mutations exist in double and triple mutant combinations; also there are several fdf mutant lines.
Ceratitis capitata GSS VIENNA 7 and VIENNA 8 GSS (with white pupae and temperature sensitive lethal as selectable markers, and with and without inversion D53); some of these GSS originate from mass rearing facilities; also VIENNA 8 with Sr2 or fdf isolates; several T(X;5)  translocations involving chromosome 5 and X
Ceratitis capitata Inversions balancer strain 68b, inversion D53 (both on chromosome 5)
Drosophila suzukii Wild type Italy (Trentino) 
Zeugodacus cucurbitae Wild type China, Mauritius (mixed population from Poste de Flacq, Plaine Sophie, and Dubreuil)
Zeugodacus cucurbitae Mutants white pupae
Zeugodacus cucurbitae GSS USA (Hawaii)
Zeugodacus tau Wild type Bangladesh (Mymensingh), China (Fujian) 
Zeugodacus tau Mutants white pupae

(Updated December 2025)

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