Scientific Name : Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi)
Common Name : Guava Fruit Fly
Taxonomic position
Class : Insect
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus : Bactrocera
Species: correcta
Host: Mango, papaya, almond, avocado, polyphagous
Distribution: South and South-East Asia
Body: Body a balanced mixture of black and yellow.
Head : Face with spots on transverse sulcus extended medially (linear), or with a transverse band (narrow). Number of pale whitish to yellow postsutural stripes two (lateral).
Thorax: Scutum black or red-brown with black band or lanceolate.
Legs: Legs with all segments entirely fulvous except hind tibiae pale fuscous.
Wings: Wings with costal band with only cell sc and apex of vein R4+5 coloured. Anal band present, reaching nearly to wing margin along cell cup extension (narrow). Vein M distally straight. Spot on end of wing. Abdominal terga III-V red-brown with a ‘T’ pattern consisting of a narrow transverse black band across anterior margin of tergum III. A narrow medial longitudinal black band over all three terga, narrow black anterolateral corners on terga IV and V. A pair of oval red-brown shining spots on tergum V. Posterior lobe of male surstylus short; female with aculeus tip needle shaped
Abdomen: Abdominal terga III-V red-brown with a ‘T’ pattern consisting of a narrow transverse black band across anterior margin of tergum III. A narrow medial longitudinal black band over all three terga, narrow black anterolateral corners on terga IV and V. A pair of oval red-brown shining spots on tergum V. Posterior lobe of male surstylus short; female with aculeus tip needle shaped.