Description

Adult

Female: Wings clear except for a narrow costal band that doesn’t reach R4+5. Scutum mostly black, scutellum yellow except for basal band. Abdomen with medial dark stripe on tergites 3-5. Narrow part of cell br with microtrichia and anterior supra-alar setae present. Male: Ocellar triangle black, frons red-brown with fuscous around frontal & orbital setae. Vertex pale-fuscous. Antennae red-brown. Scutum mostly dark orange-brown. Pleural areas dark fuscous to black. Postpronotal lobe yellow. Scutellum yellow except narrow basal band. Femora entirely fulvous. Wing length 5.4-6.9 mm. Tergites 1-5 orange brown and a T shaped pattern on tergites 3-5.

Larvae

Third instar with length of 7.5-10 mm and width of 1.5-2 mm. Stomal sensory organ of head with 3-4 sensilla. Anterior portion of each thoracic segment with encircling band of rows of small spinules. Anterior spiracles of 8-12 tubules. Posterior spiracles 2.5-3 times as long as broad. Spiracular hairs just longer than slit.

Eggs

Reticulate, white to white-yellow, 0.8mm long with micropyle slightly protruding. Laid singly below the skin of host fruit.

Distribution

Throughout Africa, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka

Economic Host(s)

A wide range of fruit and vegetables but is particularly damaging to mango (Mangifera) and guava (Psidium).

Symptoms/Signs

Larvae feed internally on fruits. Black or brown lesions can be signs of fruit feeding and exit holes are easily observed.

Generations:

Up to 10.