Bactrocera (Bactrocera) mucronis ( Drew, 1971 )

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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) mucronis ( Drew, 1971)

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Distribution ( Fig. 105 ). New Caledonia (mainland, Maré, Lifou).

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. Category D minor pest ( Vargas et al. 2015). ANNONACEAE : Annona reticulata . APOCYNACEAE : Cascabela thevetia , Cerbera manghas . COMBRETACEAE : Terminalia catappa . EUPHORBIACEAE : Fontainea pancheri . MYRTACEAE : Psidium guajava .

Edible hosts common names. Common guava, custard apple, tropical almond.

Biology. Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 120 .

Figures

Figure 49. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) mucronis (Drew), male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen. D) Wing. E) Lateral view.

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).

Figure 120. Mean (±SE) daily captures of Bactrocera mucronis (Drew) in cue-lure traps maintained in New Caledonia (Mainland, Maré, Lifou) between January 1996 and December 1998, based on eight trapping sites (n = 288, mean FTD = 0.12).