Scientific Name:  Bactrocera vishnu Drew & Hancock

Common Name:

Taxonomic position

Class :  Insect

Order:  Diptera

Family:  Tephritidae

Genus :  Bactrocera

Species:   vishnu

Host : Not known

Distribution: Karnataka. Kerala , tamil nadu, telangana, Maharashtra

Body : Medium sized species

Head. Face: with large oval facial black spots

Thorax:   Scutum mostly black, with two medium sized, parallel, yellow lateral vittae, ending just behind ia setae. Scutellum yellow with narrow black basal band.

Legs :  All femora fulvous except for an oval sub-apical black spot on outer surfaces of fore-femora.

Wings:  Wings with a narrow costal band slightly overlapping R2+3 and a narrow anal streak within cell cup

Abdomen:  Terga III-V with a 'T' shaped mark. A dark transverse band across Tergum III, broader laterally. Narrow transverse fuscous marks on Terga IV and V and a pair of oval fuscous shining spot on Tergum V.  Males with pectan on Tergum III.