Zeugodacus caudatus


Host plants

Family Genus
Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita
Myrtaceae Psidium, Syzygium
Rosaceae Prunus
Rutaceae Citrus
Sapotaceae Manilkara
Solanaceae Capsicum, Solanum

Biogeographic region and distribution

Oriental, Palearctic

India, Sri Lanka, Burma to Vietnam, China (Hainan),
Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java).

Adult taxonomy

Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) caudatus (Fabricius)

Dacus caudatus Fabricius 1805: 276.—Indonesia. Java. LT ♀ UZMC. Lectotype designation by inference of holotype by Hardy 1973: 60; type data (Zimsen 1964: 485).

Bactrocera maculipennis Doleschall 1856: 412.—Indonesia. Javam [Java]. T A NMW ♂ Type data (Bezzi 1913: 75).

References

White, I. M., and M. M. Elson-Harris. 1992. Fruit flies of economic significance: their identification and bionomics. CAB International; Wallingford, UK. 601 p.