Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ochrosiae ( Malloch, 1942 )

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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ochrosiae ( Malloch, 1942)

Figure 56

Distribution. Guam. Northern Mariana Islands. Hawaii (Molokai; dubious record).

Male lure. Cue-lure.

Host plants. APOCYNACEAE : Ochrosia mariannensis , Ochrosia sp. MELIACEAE : Aglaia mariannensis . MYRTACEAE : Eugenia uniflora . OLACACEAE : Ximenia americana .

Edible hosts common names. Surinam cherry, yellow plum.

Notes. Three specimens in the University of Hawaii Insect Museum, reportedly collected by John Kjargaard on Molokai Island (Hawaii) in 1972 ( Anonymous 1993), were examined by the author and confirmed to belong to this species. I treat this record as highly dubious because specimens were never collected in cue-lure traps in subsequent years. Further, Hardy (1989a) referred to these specimens as “Three specimens of an apparently new species ... collected in the early 1970’s by John Kjargaard, recently turned up in a pill box in the collecting bag loaned to Mr. Kjargaard by Dr. Mitchell many years ago.” It is plausible, and more likely in my opinion, that samples from the Mariana Islands may have been misplaced in the bag or pill box during those years.

Figures

Figure 56. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) ochrosiae (Malloch). A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen, male. D) Wing. E) Lateral view, female.