Ceratitella sobrina (Zia)

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Ceratitis sobrina Zia, 1937: 177 .

Paratrirhithrum amamioshimaensis Shiraki, 1968: 54 .

Ceratitella sobrina (Zia) - Hancock and Drew, 1994: 873.

Material examined: 1♂, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, IARI Regional Station, Totu, 18.viii.2019. Coll. Da- vid K. J. on Vitis vinifera .

Diagnosis: Characterized by face largely whitish yellow with a broad black basal band; scutellum black; scutum with dense grey-pollinose area not interrupted behind suture and reaching anterior margin between postpronotal lobes; yellow postpronotal lobe and broad anepisternal stripe reaching postpronotal lobe dorsally; wing with broad broad costal band from cell sc to wing apex, transverse band from stigma evanescing before hind margin and united with transverse discal band at R-M crossvein and a tooth-like subapical band largely fused with costal band; abdomen black with dense, transverse bands of silvery-grey pubescence on tergites II and IV.

Originally described from Sichuan, China (Zia, 1937) and redescribed from Ryukyu Islands, Japan by Shiraki (1968). C. sobrina is newly recorded from northern India. The host plant is not recorded, but related species, including C. tomentosa (= C. asiatica (Hardy)) from Pakistan and Indonesia, breed in the berries of mistletoe ( Loranthaceae) (Hardy, 1967; Permkam and Hancock, 1985).