ABSTRACT
Tephritid incursions have occurred previously in Chile. Incursions of Medfly into Chile and of a very occasional detection of Bactrocera dorsalis in Easter Island (last detection 2011) are the most significant. Additionally, Anastrepha fraterculus was detected in the city of Iquique (located 1.700 km north from the heart of the fruit production area). The NFFDS and its five essential pillars were responsible for the early detection and eradication in the shortest possible time and have continued to maintain Chile as a country free from fruit flies of economic importance for more than 55 years (Olalquiaga et al. 1966; Olalquiaga 1968, 1979).
