Bactrocera (Bactrocera) simulata ( Malloch, 1939 )
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) simulata ( Malloch, 1939 ) |
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) simulata ( Malloch, 1939)
Figure 79
Distribution. Papua New Guinea (Bougainville). Solomon Islands (Shortland Group, Choiseul, Vella Lavella, Gizo, Kolombangara, New Georgia, Isabel, Russell, Florida, Guadalcanal, Malaita, San Cristobal, Rennell and Bellona, Santa Cruz). Vanuatu (Santo, Malekula, Ambae, Ambrym, Epi-Paama-Tongoa, Efate).
Male lure. Cue-lure.
Host plants. Record in Solomon Islands: CUCURBITACEAE : Coccinia grandis .
Edible host common name: Ivy gourd.
Biology. Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 127.
Notes. This species is nearly identical to B. geminosimulata ( Fig. 34) ( Leblanc et al. 2021). They are genetically distinct and distinguished by a subtle but consistent difference in wing infuscation ( Leblanc et al. 2021).
Leblanc L, Tsatsia F, Doreenweerd C. 2021. Novel lures and COI sequences reveal cryptic new species of Bactrocera fruit flies in the Solomon Islands (Diptera, Tephritidae, Dacini). Zookeys 1957: 49 - 103.
Malloch JR. 1939. Solomon Islands Trypetidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 228 - 277.
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