Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tinomiscii Drew

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 : 156

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tinomiscii Drew

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) tinomiscii: Drew, 1989: 43–45 .

Diagnosis. – A medium sized species (wing length 6.3 mm); face with a pair of small oval spots; scutum black; postpronotal lobe and notopleuron yellow; each lateral postsutural vitta of medium width and narrowing slightly posteriorly to end at ia. seta; mesopleural stripe reaching midway between anterior margin of notopleuron and postpronotal lobe dorsally; wings with cells bc and c colourless, microtrichia in outer corner of cell c only, fuscous costal band just overlapping R 2+3, broad fuscous cubital streak; legs fulvous except basal ½ of hind tibiae fuscous; abdominal terga mostly orange-brown with fuscous anterolateral corners on tergum III and a narrow dark fuscous to black medial longitudinal band over terga III–V, shining spots orange-brown.

Attractant. – Cue lure.

Hosts. – Tinomisciumphytocrenoides (familyMenispermaceae) and Chlaenandra ovata (family Menispermaceae ).

Distribution. – Type locality: Papua New Guinea (Rouna Power Station, Central District).

Previously recorded: Papua New Guinea (Central Province, Morobe Province, Eastern Highlands District, Sepik District) .