Trupanea insularum ( Becker, 1908 )

Penado, Andreia, Smit, John, Aguiar, António Franquinho, Cravo, Délia, Rego, Carla, Santos, Renata & Boieiro, Mário, 2020, The fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Madeira archipelago with the description of a new Oedosphenella Frey, Zootaxa 4810 (3), pp. 559-575 : 564

Trupanea insularum ( Becker, 1908)

Material examined. Madeira: Pico do Areeiro (1 female) ; Ponta de São Lourenço (2 females) ; Ribeira da Janela (2 females) ; Porto Santo: Pico Branco (1 female) ; Desertas: Bugio (1 female) .

Remarks. This is a rare endemic species of Madeira and the Canary Islands. In spite of the few records, this species has been found in different habitats such as the laurel forest ( Merz 1992) or along the coast on sea cliffs ( Smit 2006). Larvae of T. insularum have been reared on Andryala spp ( Merz 1992; Smit 2006). Our record from Bugio is the first for Desertas islands.