Editing Sterile insect technique (section)

==Successful programs==
{{Main article|List of sterile insect technique trials}}
* The [[screw-worm fly]] (''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'') was eradicated from the United States, Mexico, Central America, Puerto Rico and [[Libya]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-iswam.iaea.org/drd/refs_files/195_The-Area-wide-SIT-Screwworm.pdf|title=The Area-Wide Sterile Insect Technique for Screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Eradication}}</ref>
* The [[Mexican fruit fly]] (''[[Anastrepha ludens]]'', Loew) was eradicated from most of northern Mexico.
* The [[tsetse fly]] was eradicated from [[Zanzibar]] in 1998<ref name="FAO-erad-tsetse-Zanzibar">{{cite news | title=Tsetse fly eradicated on the Island of Zanzibar | website=UN FAO ([[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations) | url=http://www.fao.org/News/1998/980505-e.htm | access-date=2021-10-24 | date=22 May 1998}}</ref> and [[Senegal]] in 2014.<ref name="FAO-erad-tsetse-Senegal">{{cite news | url=http://www.fao.org/in-action/senegal-celebrates-first-victory-against-tsetse-fly-eradication/en/ | website=UN FAO ([[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations) | date=10 January 2014 | location=Dakar/Rome/Vienna | title=Senegal celebrates first victory against tsetse fly eradication}}</ref><ref name="IAEA">{{cite web | title=The Tsetse Fly Eradication Project in Senegal Wins Award for Best Sustainable Development Practices | website=[[IAEA]] | date=23 July 2015 | url=http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsetse-fly-eradication-project-senegal-wins-award-best-sustainable-development-practices | access-date=2021-11-16}}</ref>
*The [[Mediterranean fruit fly]] ([[Medfly]], ''[[Ceratitis capitata]]'', Wiedemann) was eradicated from the northern part of [[Chile]] and southern parts of Argentina, [[Peru]] and Mexico. It is being suppressed by SIT in fruit-producing areas of Croatia, Israel, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.
* The [[codling moth]] (''[[Cydia pomonella]]'') <!-- (Lepidoptera: [[Tortricidae]]) --> is being effectively suppressed in parts of British Columbia, Canada,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oksir.org/|title=OKSIR The Sterile Insect Release (SIR) Program is an area wide environmentally friendly approach to managing the codling moth population in the Okanagan, Similkameen and Shuswap Valleys|website=www.oksir.org}}</ref>
* The [[pink bollworm]] (''[[Pectinophora gossypiella]]'') eradicated from southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico.
* The [[false codling moth]] (''[[Thaumatotibia leucotreta]]'') is being effectively suppressed in parts of South Africa.
* The [[cactus moth]] (''[[Cactoblastis cactorum]]'') was eradicated from an outbreak in Yucatán, Mexico.
* The [[melon fly]] (''[[Bactrocera cucurbitae]]'', Coquillett) was eradicated from [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].<ref>[https://www.jircas.go.jp/ja/file/8349/download?token=HYnrE1ik The Sterile Insect Technique: Example of Application to Melon Fly ''Bactrocera cucurbitae''.] (accessed December 13, 2016)</ref>
* The [[onion fly]] (''[[Delia antiqua]]'') managed in onion production areas in the Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/naipc/dirsit/SitePages/All%20Facilities.aspx|title=Site Pages - Default}}</ref>
* The [[Cylas formicarius|sweet potato weevil]] (''[[Cylas formicarius]]'') was eradicated from Kume Island<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Himuro |first1=Chihiro |last2=Kohama |first2=Tsuguo |last3=Matsuyama |first3=Takashi |last4=Sadoyama |first4=Yasutsune |last5=Kawamura |first5=Futoshi |last6=Honma |first6=Atsushi |last7=Ikegawa |first7=Yusuke |last8=Haraguchi |first8=Dai |date=2022-05-12 |editor-last=Papadopoulos |editor-first=Nikos T. |title=First case of successful eradication of the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius), using the sterile insect technique |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=17 |issue=5 |pages=e0267728 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0267728 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=9098069 |pmid=35551267|bibcode=2022PLoSO..1767728H |doi-access=free }}</ref> and Tsuken Island,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ikegawa |first1=Yusuke |last2=Kawamura |first2=Futoshi |last3=Sadoyama |first3=Yasutsune |last4=Kinjo |first4=Kunio |last5=Haraguchi |first5=Dai |last6=Honma |first6=Atsushi |last7=Himuro |first7=Chihiro |last8=Matsuyama |first8=Takashi |date=April 2022 |title=Eradication of sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius , from Tsuken Island, Okinawa, Japan, under transient invasion of males |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jen.13004 |journal=Journal of Applied Entomology |volume=146 |issue=7 |language=en |pages=850–859 |doi=10.1111/jen.13004 |s2cid=247909671 |issn=0931-2048|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Okinawa Japan.