Bactrocera (Bactrocera) assita Drew, 1989

Drew, R. A. I., Ma, Jing, Smith, S. & Hughes, J. M., 2011, The Taxonomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Species In The Bactrocera Musae Complex Of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) In Papua New Guinea, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2), pp. 145-162 : 148

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) assita Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) assita: Drew, 1989: 36–37 .

Diagnosis. – A small species (wing length 5.3 mm); face with a pair of medium sized oval black spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing slightly posteriorly to end at ia. seta; mesopleural stripe slightly wider than notopleuron dorsally; wings with cell c pale fuscous, cell bc paler fuscous, dense microtrichia covering cells bc and c, costal band almost confluent with R 4+5 and of uniform dark fuscous colouration, cubital streak broad and dark fuscous; legs with all segments entirely fulvous; abdominal terga III–V orange-brown except for fuscous margins on tergum III and sometimes on terga IV and V, shining spots orangebrown to pale fuscous.

Attractant. – Cue lure.

Hosts. – No known record.

Distribution. – Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Gurney, Milne Bay).

Previous recorded: Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province, Morobe Province) .