Ceratitis colae

Description

Typical of Ceratitis larvae with the following specific characteristics for the third instar:

Body. Medium-sized; body length 8-8.5 mm; 

Anterior spiracles. Number of anterior spiracular tubules ~15.

Spinules and creeping welts. Dorsal spinules on T1-T2, possibly also on T3.

Posterior spiracles. Slits 3x longer than wide. 

Host plants

Family	Genus
Apocynaceae	Tabernaemontana
Malvaceae	Cola

Part of plant attacked: fruit.

Biogeographic region and distribution

Afrotropical

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Zaire.

Adult taxonomy

Ceratitis (Pterandrus) colae Silvestri
Ceratitis colae Silvestri 1913: 63.—Ghana. Gold Coast,
Aburi. LT ♀️ SANC. Lectotype designated by Munro 1969: 419.

References

Carroll, L. E., A. L. Norrbom, M. J. Dallwitz, and F. C. Thompson. 2004 onwards. Pest fruit flies of the world – larvae. Version: 8th December 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.

De Meyer, M., R. S. Copeland, S. A. Lux, M. Mansell, S. Quilici, R. Wharton, I. M. White, and N. J. Zenz. 2002. Annotated check list of host plants for Afrotropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the genus Ceratitis (No. 27). MRAC; Tervuren, Belgium. 91 p.