Bactrocera (Bactrocera) correcta ( Bezzi, 1916 )

Leblanc, Luc, Hossain, M. Aftab, Momen, Mahfuza & Seheli, Kajla, 2021, New country records, annotated checklist and key to the dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae: Dacini) of Bangladesh, Insecta Mundi 2021 (880), pp. 1-56 : 5

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) correcta ( Bezzi, 1916)

(= Dacus dutti Kapoor, 1971 , Strumeta paratuberculatus Philip, 1950 , Dacus bangaloriensis Agarwal and Kapoor, 1983 )

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Distribution. Widespread in Asia, from Pakistan east to Vietnam and south to Peninsular Malaysia ( Drew and Romig 2013), Bangladesh ( Leblanc et al. 2014), Laos, Cambodia ( Leblanc et al. 2016).

Bangladesh records. 656 specimens. CHATTOGRAM DIVISION: Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar Districts. DHAKA DIVISION: Dhaka District.

Male lure. Methyl eugenol.

Host plants. A polyphagous pest of cultivated fruits, bred from 91 host taxa in 59 genera and 36 families ( Allwood et al. 1999; Liquido et al. 2020).

Notes. In Bangladesh, Hossain et al. (2019) studied the seasonal abundance of B. correcta in relation to abiotic factors and host plants.

Figures

Figure 5. Bactrocera (Bactrocera) correcta (Bezzi), male. A) Head. B) Head and scutum. C) Abdomen. D) Wing (after Leblanc et. al. 2014). E) Lateral view. F) Distribution in Bangladesh.