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Specimen 6359: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

Taxonomy

Status: valid

Current Taxonomy
Subfamily Dacinae
 Tribe Ceratitidini
  Genus Ceratitis
   Species capitata
Original Taxonomy
Genus Tephritis
 Species capitata

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Additionnal informations

Collection number: #6359
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Acokanthera schimperi (round-leaved poison bush)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Nairobi (n.s.)
Coordinates 36°49'0.01" E / 1°16'60" S
Collection: MRAC: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Tervuren, Belgium
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 5-4-2001
Collector: Copeland, R.S.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 8 (0 male(s), 0 female(s), 8 unsexed)
Remarks: USDA collecting programme, collection Nr 1145.

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