Carpomya vesuviana Costa
Nomenclature
Carpomya vesuviana Costa, 1854: 87
Orellia bucchichi Frauenfeld, 1867: 500
Carpomyia buchicchii: Rondani, 1870: 23
Carpomyia zizyphae Agarwal and Kapoor, 1985: 60
Carpomya vesuviana: Norrbom et al., 1999: 115; Agarwal & Sueyoshi, 2005: 406.
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Trypetinae: Carpomyini
Diagnosis
- Scutum yellow/fulvous with four black spots laterally, 2 spots submedially and a medial spot extending to scutellum
- Scutellum with apical spots and a basal spot
- Wing with yellow/orange transverse and logngitudinal bands
- Abdomen entirely yellow without any prominent markings
- Oviscape short if females
Host plants
Larvae develop inside fruits of Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. (Rhamnaceae)
Distribution
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Agarwal and Sueyoshi, 2005)
Selected References
Costa, A. (1854) Frammenti di entomologia napoletana. Ann. Sci. Napoli, 1, 69-91.
Norrbom, A.L., Carroll, L.E., Thompson, F.C., White, I.M. & Freidberg, A. (1999) Systematic Database of Names. In: Thompson FC (Ed.) Fruit fly expert identification system and systematic information database. Myia, 9, 65–251.
Agarwal, M.L. & Sueyoshi, M. (2005) Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Oriental Insects, 39, 371–433.
