Scientific Name: Bactrocera digressa Radhakrishnan
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Taxonomic position
Class : Insect
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus : Bactrocera
Species: digressa
Host : Alangium salviifolium, Not much information
Distribution: Karnataka , tamil nadu, telangana
Body : Medium sized insect
Head :Face: elongate, brown to black spots.
Thorax: Reddish brown scutum, with narrow lateral vittae, median vittae absent, scuttelum yellow, except for a norrow basal band. Abasence of acrostichal and anterior supra-alar setae.
Legs : All femora with red-brown colour.
Wings: Costal band expanded into an apical spot overlapping R2+3 , with a anal steak.
Abdomen: Reddish brown with thin 'T' shaped mark. Male targite 3 with a pecten on each side. Female with bifid aculeus tip.