Ceratitis epixantha (Hering 1941)

Ceratitis (Ceratalaspis) epixantha (Hering)
Pardalaspis epixantha Hering, 1941: 69.
Body length: 4.00 mm; wing length: 4.00 mm.

Male
Head. Antenna yellow. Third antennal segment twice as long as second segment. Arista with short hairs over entire length. Frons with short scattered hairs which are largely the same colour as frons; convex, in lateral view not distinctly projecting forwards at antennal implant. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Thorax. Postpronotum pale yellow, unspotted. Ground colour of mesonotum with dark orange tinge. Chaetotaxy normal for subgenus. Scapular setae, one outer pale, others missing. Two anepisternal bristles, lower one less well developed. Scutellum white basally, otherwise yellow with three black separate markings apically; basally without dark spots, only slight darker colouration. Subscutellum with three separate spots at same position as apical scutellar spots. Legs yellow; setation typical for subgenus, mainly pale especially on femora. Posterior and posterodorsal rows on fore femur pale. Ventral spines pale. Wing bands with yellow-brown markings. Banding; marginal band continuous; cubital band free, medial band absent; crossvein r-m well before middle of discal cell, at basal two-fifth. Crossvein dm-cu posteriorly more inwards than anteriorly. Abdomen. Dark yellow. Setation and banding typical for subgenus.
Female
Unknown.
See description of Ceratitis epixantha (Hering, 1941) in source PDF.

Ceratitis epixantha​ ​ es una especie de insecto del género Ceratitis de la familia Tephritidae del orden Diptera.

Erich Martin Hering la describió científicamente por primera vez en el año 1941.

Ceratitis epixantha adalah spesies lalat yang tergolong famili Tephritidae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Diptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia.

Kebanyakan anggota spesies ini bertelur dalam jaringan tumbuhan, tempat larva menemukan makanan pertamanya setelah lahir. Lalat dewasa biasanya berumur sangat pendek. Beberapa hidup selama kurang dari seminggu.