Bactrocera (Bactrocera) bancroftii ( Tryon, 1927 )

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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) bancroftii ( Tryon, 1927)

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Distribution. Indonesia (West Timor). Australia (Queensland). Papua New Guinea (mainland). Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal).

Male lure. Methyl eugenol (weak attraction).

Host plants. Category D minor pest bred from mulberry in Australia ( Vargas et al. 2015). Bred from Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner and Morus nigra L. ( Moraceae ) in Australia ( Hancock et al. 2000). Records in Papua New Guinea: EUPHORBIACEAE : Pimelodendron amboinicum . RUBIACEAE : Nauclea orientalis , Neolamarckia cadamba .

Notes. The Solomon Islands record is based on a single specimen collected in 1995 from a methyl eugenol trap in Dodo Creek (Guadalcanal) ( Drew and Romig 2001).

Figures

Figure 13. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) bancroftii (Tryon). A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, female. D) Abdomen, male. E) Wing. F) Lateral view, female.