Effect of physiological state on female melon fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) attraction to host and food odor in the field.

Vargas, R. I., Piñero, J. C., Miller, N. W., (2018). Journal of Economic Entomology 111(3), 1318-1322. Oxford University Press, Cary, USA. English language

An overview of pest species of bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the integration of biopesticides with other biological approaches for their management with a focus on the Pacific region.

Vargas, R. I., Piñero, J. C., Leblanc, L., (2015). Insects 6(2), 297-318. MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland. English language

Vision-mediated exploitation of a novel host plant by a tephritid fruit fly.

Piñero, J. C., Souder, S. K., Vargas, R. I., (2017). PLoS ONE 12(4), e0174636. Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA. English language

Site-specific temporal and spatial validation of a generic plant pest forecast system with observations of Bactrocera dorsalis (oriental fruit fly).

Hong, S. C., Magarey, R., Borchert, D. M., Vargas, R. I., Souder, S., (2015). NeoBiota(No.27), 37-67. PENSOFT Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. English language

Population dynamics of three Bactrocera spp. fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and two introduced natural enemies, Fopius arisanus (Sonan) and Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), after an invasion by Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in Tahiti.

Vargas, R. I., Leblanc, L., Putoa, R., Piñero, J. C., (2012). Biological Control 60(2), 199-206. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

Attraction of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) and endemic and introduced nontarget insects to BioLure bait and its individual components in Hawaii.

Leblanc, L., Vargas, R. I., Rubinoff, D., (2010). Environmental Entomology 39(3), 989-998. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, USA. English language

Area-wide suppression of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, and the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, in Kamuela, Hawaii.

Vargas, R. I., Piñero, J. C., Mau, R. F. L., Jang, E. B., Klungness, L. M., McInnis, D. O., Harris, E. B., McQuate, G. T., Bautista, R. C., Wong, L., (2010). Journal of Insect Science (Madison) 10, 135. University of Wisconsin Libraries, Madison, USA. English language

Suppression of melon fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) populations with releases of Fopius arisanus and Psyttalia fletcheri (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in North Shore Oahu, HI, USA.

Harris, E. J., Bautista, R. C., Vargas, R. I., Jang, E. B., Eitam, A., Leblanc, L., (2010). BioControl 55(5), 593-599. Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands. English language

Impact of introduction of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) and classical biological control releases of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on economically important fruit flies in French Polynesia.

Vargas, R. I., Leblanc, L., Putoa, R., Eitam, A., (2007). Journal of Economic Entomology 100(3), 670-679. English language

Attraction of nontarget species to fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) male lures and decaying fruit flies in traps in Hawaii.

Leblanc, L., Rubinoff, D., Vargas, R. I., (2009). Environmental Entomology 38(5), 1446-1461. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, USA. English language