Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kirki
Creators: name: Leblanc, Luc
name: Vueti, Ema Tora
name: Drew, Richard A. I.
name: Allwood, Allan J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Bactrocera
Bactrocera kirki

description: Bactrocera (Bactrocera) kirki (Froggatt) (Fig. 12)
Distribution: American Samoa, French Polynesia (except Marquesas), Fiji Islands (Rotuma), Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna. Male lure: Cue-lure.
ANACARDIACEAE Anacardium occidentale: Tonga (DSIR New Zealand collection label data). Mangifera indica (P): French
Polynesia (27/633); Samoa (3/8); Tonga (6/85). Pleiogynium
solandri: Tonga (1/31). Spondias dulcis: French Polynesia
(2/84). Tonga (1/19). Spondias mombin (P): French Polynesia
(Hammes et al. 1989).
ANNONACEAE Annona muricata: French Polynesia (10/77); Samoa (1/7); Tonga (1/40). Annona reticulata: French Polynesia (1/3).
APOCYNACEAE Ochrosia oppositifolia (P): Tonga (1/90). CALOPHYLLACEAE Calophyllum inophyllum: Samoa (6/10); Tonga (3/44). CARICACEAE Carica papaya: French Polynesia (4/231). COMBRETACEAE Terminalia catappa (P): French Polynesia (285/479); Samoa (111/114); Tonga (52/72). Terminalia littoralis: Tonga
(11/15).
ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus tonganus: Tonga (1/1); Samoa (1/1). LAURACEAE Persea americana: French Polynesia (8/77); Samoa (1/12); Tonga (5/33).
LEGUMINOSAE Inocarpus fagifer (P): French Polynesia (372/994); Samoa (13/16); Tonga (3/73).
MELIACEAE Cedrela odorata: Tonga (1/1). MYRTACEAE Eugenia brasiliensis: Samoa (1/1). Eugenia uniflora (P): Tonga (4/9). Psidium cattleianum (P): French Polynesia
(19/35). Psidium guajava (P): French Polynesia (303/704);
Samoa (37/41); Tonga (74/92). Syzygium aqueum: Samoa
(3/3). Syzygium corynocarpum (P): Samoa (3/4); Tonga
(1/8). Syzygium dealbatum (P): Tonga (Litsinger et al. 1991).
Syzygium gracilipes: Samoa (5/5). Syzygium jambos (P):
French Polynesia (Leblanc and Putoa 2000); Samoa (5/5);
Tonga (19/22). Syzygium malaccense (P): French
Polynesia (3/8); Samoa (6/6); Tonga (19/23). Syzygium
neurocalyx (P): Samoa (8/8); Tonga (Litsinger et al. 1991).
Syzygium richii (P): Tonga (1/14).
OXALIDACEAE Averrhoa carambola (P): French Polynesia (32/134); Tonga (Litsinger et al. 1991).
PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora edulis (P): Tonga (Litsinger et al. 1991). Samoa (1/11). Passiflora quadrangularis: French Polynesia (1/5).
ROSACEAE Eriobotrya japonica (P): French Polynesia (2/2). RUBIACEAE Morinda citrifolia: French Polynesia (2/2); Samoa (2/2). RUTACEAE Citrus maxima: French Polynesia (27/214); Tonga (RFFP record). Citrus reticulata (P): French Polynesia (1/23);
Tonga (2/49). Citrus sinensis (P): French Polynesia (3/58);
Tonga (2/61). Micromelum minutum: Tonga (1/65).
SAPINDACEAE Pometia pinnata (P): French Polynesia (3/51); Samoa (1/1); Tonga (1/22).
SAPOTACEAE Pouteria caimito: Samoa (1/5). SOLANACEAE Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper) (P): Tonga (Litsinger et al. 1991). Lycopersicon esculentum: French Polynesia
(3/42). Solanum melongena: French Polynesia (1/8).
description: Published as part of Leblanc, Luc, Vueti, Ema Tora, Drew, Richard A. I. & Allwood, Allan J., 2012, Host Plant Records for Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) in the Pacific Islands, pp. 11-53 in Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 44 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8159403