The raw data is related to the article - The relationship between pigmentations of pupae and adult insecticide resistance of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Bactrocera dorsalis

The oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is a destructive pest of crops worldwide. The management of B. dorsalis is becoming more and more difficult because of emerging insecticide resistance. Searching for new and effective methods in managing this pest has become an urgent task. Here, we explored the relationship between pigmentation and insecticide resistance by conducting studies on five strains of B. dorsalis (CK, CZ, CB, LC and LX) with various traits of pigmentation and insecticide resistance. Strain CK was a wild strain with brown pupae coloration while strain CZ was a beta-cypermethrin-resistant strain with brown pupae coloration. Strain CB was a pigmentation mutation strain with white pupae coloration. Strain LC was the female of the pigmentation sex genetic strain whose pupae coloration was white. Strain LX was the male of the pigmentation sex genetic strain whose pupae coloration was brown. Efficacy tests were employed to evaluate the resistance performance of the five strains, and transcriptome sequencing and gene quantifications were used to explore the potential genes in both pigmentation and detoxification pathway.