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Dacus (Callantra) solomonensis Malloch 1939
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- 1. University of Idaho, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology (EPPN) 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2329, Moscow, Idaho, USA
Description
Dacus (Callantra) solomonensis Malloch, 1939
Figure 92
Distribution. Papua New Guinea (Bougainville). Solomon Islands (Choiseul, Kolombangara, New Georgia, Isabel, Russell, Florida, Guadalcanal, Malaita, San Cristobal).
Male lure. Cue-lure.
Host plants. Category B pest of cucurbits (Vargas et al. 2015). Records in Solomon Islands: CUCURBITACEAE: Cucumis sativus, Cucurbita pepo, Luffa acutangula, L. cylindrica, Trichosanthes cucumerina.
Biology. At 25°C, eggs hatch after 46 hours, median larval development time is 12 days, and pupal stage duration is nine days. Adults start mating 16 days after emergence (Tsatsia and Hollingsworth 1997). Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 136.
Edible hosts common names. Angled luffa, cucumber, luffa, snakegourd, squash.
Notes
Published as part of Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, pp. 1-167 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (948) on pages 150-151, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7300862
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Malloch
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Tephritidae
- Genus
- Dacus
- Species
- solomonensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dacus (Callantra) solomonensis Malloch, 1939 sec. Leblanc, 2022
References
- Malloch JR. 1939. Solomon Islands Trypetidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 228 - 277.
- Vargas RI, Pinero JC, Leblanc L. 2015. An overview of pest species of Bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the integration of biopesticides with other biological approaches for their management with a focus on the Pacific region. Insects 6: 297 - 318.
- Hollingsworth RG, Vagalo M, Tsatsia F. 1997. Biology of melon fly, with special reference to Solomon Islands. p. 140 - 144. In: Allwood AJ, Drew RAI (eds.). Management of fruit flies in the Pacific. ACIAR Proceedings No 76. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Canberra. 267 p.