ABSTRACT
Argentina is one of the major producers of agricultural products in the world. Mediterranean fruit fly because of the damage it causes and the quarantine barriers imposed by Mediterranean fruit fly free countries on imports from infested countries. Other tephritids of quarantine importance, such as Bactrocera spp. and Toxotrypana spp. have not been reported in the country. In Region II, established programmes to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly using the sterile insect technique are in progress. The main strategy to achieve eradication is to break the Mediterranean fruit fly population cycle with the massive release of sterile flies just after winter, when populations are naturally suppressed by extreme weather conditions. Efforts are directed to oversee and to implement the strict fulfillment of national and provincial laws related to the sanitation and movement of fresh fruit and vegetables considered hosts of the fruit flies of economic importance in Argentina.
