GRIN Nomen number: 438920
Family: Solanaceae
Common Name: ci tian qie (Transcribed Chinese).
Native: ASIA-TEMPERATE - China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan; Eastern Asia: Taiwan; ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India: Sri Lanka; Indo-China: Thailand.
Cultivated: ASIA-TROPICAL - Malesia: Philippines.
Field Infestation: Allwood et al. 1999 (“ S. sanitwongsei ”): From fruit collections in Peninsular Malaysia (1986 to 1988) and in East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and Thailand (1990 to 1994) B. latifrons was recovered from 30 samples. No infestation rate data given.
Clarke et al. 2001 (“ S. sanitwongsei ”): From 1986 to 1994, a total of 3.2 kg of infested fruits was collected in two regions of Thailand (Chiang Rai and Bangkok). Collected fruits had infestation rates of 291.2 and 184.3 B. latifrons per kg of infested fruits, respectively. Flies identified by either R.A.I. Drew or D.L. Hancock.