Ceratitis ditissima
Host plants
Family | Genus |
Anacardiaceae | Mangifera |
Apocynaceae | Voacanga* |
Cecropiaceae | Myrianthus |
Fabaceae | Pericopsis* |
Lecythidaceae | Napoleonaea |
Malvaceae | Cola*, Theobroma |
Oleaceae | Cionanthus* |
Rutaceae | Citrus |
Sapotaceae |
Chrysophyllum, Pachystela*, Tridesmostemon |
Asterisks indicate unconfirmed records, per De Meyer et al. (2002).
Biogeographic region and distribution
Afrotropical
Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Uganda,
Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
Adult taxonomy
Ceratitis (Pardalaspis) ditissima Munro
Pardalaspis ditissima Munro 1938[3485]: 164.—Zaire. Shaba:
Kapanga. HT ♂ SANC.
References
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.