Caenoriata pertinax (Bates)

Norrbom, Allen L. & Prado, Paulo Inácio, 2006, New genera and host plant records of Asteraceae­feeding Tephritidae (Diptera) from Brazil, Zootaxa 1139, pp. 1-17 : 2

Caenoriata pertinax (Bates)

Biology

This species breeds in flowerheads of Piptocarpha rotundifolia (Less.) Baker ( Asteraceae : Vernonieae), a common tree in cerrado areas of Brazil. This is the first host plant record for the genus Caenoriata .

Material examined

BRAZIL: Goiás: Corumbá, Fazenda Monjolinho, Sep 1952, F. Lane, 1 Ψ ( USNM USNMENT 00214205). Minas Gerais: Lagoa Santa, 26 Nov 1960, Araujo e Martins, 1 ɗ 1 Ψ ( MZUSP USNMENT 00214206­07). São Paulo: Assis, Estação Ecológica de Assis, 22 ° 35.96 ’S 50 ° 22.28 ’W, reared ex capitula of Piptocarpha rotundifolia (G 1313), 27 May 2000, P. Prado, M. Almeida­Neto, H. Kubota & D. Sudatti, 1 Ψ ( USNM USNME NT00214209); Itirapina, Estação Experimental de Itirapina, 22 ° 15.96 ’S 47 ° 47.81 ’W, reared ex capitula of Piptocarpha rotundifolia (G0608), 7 May 2000, Fonseca, Prado, Almeida Neto & Anseloni, 1 Ψ ( USNM USNMENT 00214208); Mogi Guaçu, Reserva Biológica de Mogi­Guaçu, 22 ° 14.21 ’’S, 47 ° 51.43 ’’W, 26 Apr 2001, S. Ferreira, R. Raimundo, M. Portella, Máximo, [reared ex capitula Piptocarpha rotundifolia ] P0405, 1 ɗ ( ZUEC).