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Global berry production was greater than 11 million tons in 2013, with Mexico being the fifth largest berry producer in the world, following China, United States, Russia, and Poland. In 2003, Mexico’s production value represented 3.1% of the total agricultural production value (FIRA, 2016, Panorama Agroalimentario. Berries. Dirección de Investigación y Evaluación Económica Sectorial). Blackberry, Rubus ulmifolius Schott, blueberry, Vaccinium myrtillus L., and strawberry, Fragaria 3 ananassa Duch (Rosaceae), are considered medicinal plants with anticold, antiseptic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, astringent, and antispasmodic effects (Neves et al. 2009, J. Ethnopharmacol. 124: 270–283; Helmstädter and Schuster 2010, Pharmazie. 65:315–321; Martins et al. 2014, Food Funct. 1091– 1100; Abdulazeez and Ponnusamy 2016, Pak. J. Pharm. Sci. 29: 255–260; Pinela et al. 2017, Food Chem. Toxicol. 165–188). Berry crops are hosts to a great diversity of insect pests. In recent years, the most important pest of grapes and stone fruits has been the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (Zerulla et al. 2017, PLoS One. 12: e0187682) and has been reported to cause economic crop losses in its native Asia, as well as in Europe and in the American continent (Asplen et al. 2015 J. Pest. Sci. 88: 469–494). This pest has been reported in Mexico from Aguascalientes, Baja California, Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Estado de Mexico, and Veracruz. Drosophila suzukii larvae damage fruit by feeding on the pulp while inside the fruit. Infested fruits show visible staining until dropping around