Bactrocera digressa Radhakrishnan
Nomenclature
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) digressa Radhakrishnan, 1999: 1.
Bactrocera (Daculus) yercaudiae Drew, in Drew and Raghu, 2002: 346 David and Ramani, 2011: 16 (synonym).
Bactrocera (Daculus) digressa Drew and Romig, 2013: 199.
Bactrocera (Bactrocera) digressa: David and Ramani, 2011: 2, 16; Hancock, 2015:42.
Bactrocera digressa: Nair et al., 2018: 298; Doorenweerd et al., 2018: 27.
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini
Diagnosis
- Reddish brown, medium sized flies (6-7 mm)
- Face with two separate black spots
- Scutum reddish brown with yellow lateral postsutural vittae; postsutural supra-alar seta and prescutellar absent
- Wing with costal band continuous and slightly overlapping vein R2+3
Host plant
Alangium lamarckii (Cornaceae)
Distribution
Southern India
Selected references
Radhakrishnan, C. (1999) A new species of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae:Dacinae) from southern India. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 97(4), 1–4.
Drew, R.A.I & Raghu, S. (2002) The fruit fly fauna (Diptera:Tephritidae: Dacinae) of the rain forest habitat of the Western
Ghats, India. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50 (2), 327–352.
