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Specimen 6642: 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: #6642
Scientific name: Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
Host plant: Apocynaceae / Acokanthera schimperi (round-leaved poison bush)
Country: Kenya
Locality: Burguret Forest
Coordinates 37°0'42.98" E / 0°9'21" S
Collection: ICIPE: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
Lure: N/A
Reliability: A: reared material, fly ID confirmed
Collecting date: 15-8-2002
Collector: Copeland, R.S.
Type of association with host plant: Reared from
Number of specimens 1 (0 male(s), 0 female(s), 1 unsexed)
Remarks: USDA collecting programme, collection nr 2157

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