Bactrocera (Bactrocera) perfusca ( Aubertin, 1929 )

Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, Insecta Mundi 2022 (948), pp. 1-167 : 138

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) perfusca ( Aubertin, 1929)

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Distribution ( Fig. 105 ). French Polynesia (Tahiti, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka).

Male lure. No known lure.

Host plants. Category D minor pest ( Vargas et al. 2015). ANACARDIACEAE : Mangifera indica . COMBRETA- CEAE: Terminalia catappa . MYRTACEAE : Syzygium jambos . SANTALACEAE : Santalum sp.

Edible hosts common names. Mango, rose-apple, tropical almond.

Figures

Figure 68. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) perfusca (Aubertin). A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing. F) Lateral view, female.

Figure 105. Distribution of oligophagous pest fruit flies in Oceania: Bactrocera umbrosa (Fabricius), B. mucronis (Drew), B. quadrisetosa (Bezzi), B. distincta (Malloch), and B. perfusca (Aubertin). Photo of B. umbrosa by Steve Wilson. Drawing of B. perfusca from Drew (1989).