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, 1Ψ ( USNM USNMENT 00214205). Minas Gerais: Lagoa Santa, 26 Nov 1960, Araujo e Martins, 1ɗ1Ψ ( MZUSP USNMENT 00214206­07). São Paulo: Assis, Estação Ecológica de Assis, 22°35.96’S 50°22.28’W, reared ex capitula of Piptocarpha rotundifolia (G1313), 27 May 2000, P. Prado, M. Almeida­Neto, H. Kubota & D. Sudatti, 1Ψ ( 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, 1Ψ ( 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, 1ɗ ( ZUEC).