What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Marula Fruit Fly been recorded?

Ceratitis cosyra occurrence evidence comes from 288 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1909 to 1995. Most records come from Kenya.

InsectaDipteraTephritidaeCeratitis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

288 records across 16 countries and territories, 1909–1995.

Ceratitis cosyra · GBIF taxon key 1626042

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: December.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

historical describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19091995

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Marula Fruit Fly has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Marula Fruit Fly. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Kenya 160
Malawi 41
Tanzania 34
Mozambique 10
Zimbabwe 9
DR Congo 7
Côte d'Ivoire 6
Nigeria 6
Burkina Faso 4
Gambia 3
Sierra Leone 2
South Africa 2
Angola 1
Botswana 1
United Kingdom 1
Sudan 1

Related animals

Others in the family Tephritidae.

oriental fruit fly
oriental fruit fly
2,405 records
Record pattern: historical
Historical records with no recent record in the covered source. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.