Bactrocera (Bactrocera) minuta ( Drew, 1971 )

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 130

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scientific name	Bactrocera (Bactrocera) minuta ( Drew, 1971 )
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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) minuta ( Drew, 1971) View in CoL

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Distribution. Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz). Vanuatu (Torres Islands, Banks Islands, Santo, Malekula, Ambae, Maewo, Pentecost, Ambrym, Epi-Paama-Tongoa, Efate, Erromanga, Tanna, Aneityum).

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. Host records in Vanuatu: APOCYNACEAE : Cerbera manghas , C. odollam . MORACEAE : Antiaris toxicaria .

Biology. Adults mate at dusk (Allwood 1997). Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 118 View Figure 118 .

References

Drew RAI. 1971. New species of Dacinae (Diptera: Trypetidae) from the South Pacific area. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences. 28: 29 - 103.

Figures

Figure 46. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) minuta (Drew), male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen. D) Wing. E) Lateral view.

Figure 118. Mean (±SE) daily captures of Bactrocera minuta (Drew) in cue-lure traps maintained in Vanuatu (Efate Island) between January 1996 and August 1997, based on 10 trapping sites (n = 179, mean FTD = 46.64).