Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 28-29

Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal

GRIN Nomen number: 416240

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: Indian nightshade (English), ma uek (Transcribed Thai), mao qie (Transcribed Chinese).

Native: ASIA-TEMPERATE - China: China - Guangdong, Guangxi, southern Yunnan; Eastern Asia: Taiwan; ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka; Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; PACIFIC - Southwestern Pacific: Solomon Islands.

Cultivated: also cultivated in tropical Asia.

Field Infestation: Clarke et al. 2001 ( Solanum indicum L.): From 1986 to 1994, a total of 0.48 kg of infested fruits was collected in two regions of Thailand (Chiang Rai and Bangkok). Collected fruits had infestation rates of 598.5 and 823.3 B. latifrons per kg of infested fruits, respectively. Flies identified by either R.A.I. Drew or D.L. Hancock.

Hardy 1973 ( Solanum indicum ): Bactrocera latifrons was reared from Solanum lasiocarpum in “ Formosa ” (current country name: Taiwan). No infestation rate data given.

Kumar and Agarwal 2003 ( S. indicum ): Adult B. latifrons were reared from fruits of S. indicum to develop a stock culture of B. latifrons .

Listing Only: Cheng and Lee 1991 ( S. indicum ); Kapoor 1970 ( S. indicum ); Kumar and Agarwal 2003 ( S. indicum ); Liquido et al. 1994 ( S. indicum ), Meksongsee et al. 1991 ( S. indicum [plus, referred to this species by the common names “Mavangton” and “Sparrow’s brinjal”]); Moiz et al. 1967 ( S. indicum ); Udayagiri 1987 ( S. indicum Linn. ); White and Elson-Harris 1992 ( S. indicum ); Yong 1993 ( S. indicum ).