Bactrocera (Bactrocera) commina Drew, 1989

Drew, R. A. I., Ma, Jing, Smith, S. & Hughes, J. M., 2011, The Taxonomy And Phylogenetic Relationships Of Species In The Bactrocera Musae Complex Of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) In Papua New Guinea, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2), pp. 145-162 : 150

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) commina Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) commina: Drew, 1989: 38–39 .

Diagnosis. – A small species (wing length 4.7 mm); face with a pair of medium sized triangular spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta narrow and narrowing slightly posteriorly to end before ia. seta; mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and anterior npl. seta dorsally; wings with cells bc and c pale fulvous, microtrichia covering most of cell c and along anterior margin of cell bc, broad fuscous costal band almost confluent with R 4+5, broad fuscous cubital streak; legs fulvous except fore and mid tibiae fuscous and hind tibiae dark fuscous; abdominal terga orange-brown with a narrow black ‘T’ pattern and moderately broad lateral longitudinal fuscous bands over all three terga, shining spots orange-brown.

Attractant. – No known record.

Hosts. – No known record.

Distribution. – Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Bulolo, Morobe Province).