Scientific Name:  Bactrocera digressa Radhakrishnan   

Common Name:   

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.