Scientific Name: Bactrocera zonata (Saunders)
Common Name: Peach fruit fly
Taxonomic position
Class : Insect
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus : Bactrocera
Species: zonata
Host : Guava, mango and peach, apricot, fig, citrus. Polyphagous
Distribution: Africa South and South-East Asia Australasian - Oceanian USA and Canada
Body : Adult pale orange brown to red species.
Head: Head with two pairs of frontal bristles two pairs, one pair of orbital bristles one pair.
Thorax: Scutum red-brown with two lateral yellow vittae of medium size extending beyond ia. Setae. Anterior supra alar setae, prescutellar setae, two scutellar setae present . Scutullem yellow with narrow dark red-brown basal band.
Legs: Fulvolus with apices of femora red-brown
Wings : Wings with costal band with only cell sc and apex of vein R4+5 coloured; cell r1 and r2+3 with distinctly darker spots within dark areas of pattern.
Abdomen: Abdominal tergites with medial dark stripe, usually on T3-T5, or with medial dark stripe on T5 only.