Calloptera asteria (Hendel)
Nomenclature
Rhabdochaeta asteria Hendel, 1915: 462
Rhabdochaeta affnis Zia, 1939: 16
Calloptera asteria: Freidberg, 2002: 8
Calloptera affnis: Freidberg, 2002: 8
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Tephritinae: Schistopterini
Diagnosis
- First flagellomere pointed apically
- Head with white lanceolate setae
- Wing nearly oval with dark centre and radiating rays (rays dark brown without white filling)
Host plant
Wedelia sp. (Asteraceae)
Distribution
Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam
References
David, K.J. & Ramani, S. (2011) An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa, 3021, 1–31.
Freidberg, A. (2002) Systematics of Schistopterini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Systematic Entomology, 27, 1-19.
Hendel, F. G. (1915) H. Sauter’s Formosa-Ausbeute. Tephritinae. Annales Historico-Naturales Nationalis Hungarici, 13: 424-467.
