Scientific Name: Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi)
Order and Family: Diptera, Tephritidae
Description
Bactrocera correcta is a brightly-colored brown and yellow fly approximately six millimeters (mm) in length. The wings are clear with a yellow spot. The top of the body of both sexes are entirely yellow and the legs mostly yellow. The ovipositor of the female is red and rather short, measuring approximately 3.0 mm when fully extended. Immature stages of B. correcta have not been described in the literature.
History and Economic Importance
This fruit fly is strongly attracted to methyl eugenol and is detected in Oriental fruit fly detection traps baited with methyl eugenol. B. correcta has the potential to become a major pest of citrus, peach, and several kinds of tropical and subtropical fruit hosts.Distribution
B. correcta occurs in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.Life Cycle
There is no developmental information on B. correcta, but it is probably similar to B. zonata. Bactrocera correcta lives in the company of B. zonata and B. tuberculatus, feeding on the same fruits.Hosts and Damage
Recorded hosts include Citrus spp., Coffea canephora, Eugenia uniflora, mango, peach, guava, castor bean, castor-oil-plant, roseapple, jujube, Chinese date, fig, and sapodilla. Hosts of B. zonata must be considered potential hosts for B. correcta.
Guava Fruit Fly Host List
Common Name
Scientific Name
Apple
Malus sylvestris
Date palm
Pheonix dactylifera
Fig
Ficus carica
Guava
Psidium guajava
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Orange
Citrus sinensis
Papaya
Carica papaya
Peach
Prunus Persica
Pomegranate
Punica granatum
Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Sapodilla
Manikara zapota
Sapodilla, chiku
Achras zapota
Surinam cherry
Eugenia uniflora
Tomato
Lycopersicon esculentum
Tropical almond
Terminalia catappa\chebula
