Scientific Name: Bactrocera vishnu Drew & Hancock
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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.