Acroceratitis ceratitina (Bezzi)
Nomenclature
Stictaspis ceratitina Bezzi, 1913: 104
Chelyophora ceratitina: Munro, 1938:22
Chelyophora gladiella Munro, 1938: 22
Chelyophora clavifera Herring, 1938b: 7
Acroceratitis ceratitina: Hardy, 1973: 219
Acroceratitis gladiella: Hardy, 1973: 219
Acroceratitis cognate Hardy, 1973: 225
Acroceratitis biseta Wang, 1998: 24
Acroceratitis ceratitina Hancock and Drew, 1999: 774
Taxonomic position
Diptera: Brachycera: Tephritoidea: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Gastrozonini
Diagnosis
- First flagellomere pointed apically
- Scutellum with three broad black patches
- Costal band continous from cell sc to wing apex, subapical band joined to costal band
DIstribution
Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Agarwal and Sueyoshi, 2005; David et al., 2014)
Host plants
Shoots of Bambusa tulda, Dendrocalamus asper and D. membranaceus, Dendrocalamus strictus ( Hancock and Drew, 1999; Kapoor, 1993 ) .
Selected References
Agarwal, M.L. & Sueyoshi, M. (2005) Catalogue of Indian Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Oriental Insects, 39, 371–433.
Bezzi, M. (1913) Indian trypaneids (fruit-flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memories of Indian Museum, 3, 53-175.
Hancock, D.L. & Drew, R.A.I. (1999) Bamboo-shoot fruit flies of Asia (Diptera: Tephritidae: Ceratitidinae). Journal of Natural History, 33, 633–775.
Kapoor, V.C. (1993) Indian Fruit Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae). International Science Publisher, New York, 228 pp.
