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Bactrocera (Bactrocera) minuta (Drew, 1971) Figure 46 Distribution. Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz). Vanuatu (Torres Islands, Banks Islands, Santo, Malekula, Ambae, Maewo, Pentecost, Ambrym, Epi-Paama-Tongoa, Efate, Erromanga, Tanna, Aneityum). Male lure. Cue-lure. Host plants. Host records in Vanuatu: APOCYNACEAE: Cerbera manghas, C. odollam. MORACEAE: Antiaris toxicaria. Biology. Adults mate at dusk (Allwood 1997). Monthly trapping data illustrated on Figure 118., Published as part of Leblanc, Luc, 2022, The dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) of Oceania, pp. 1-167 in Insecta Mundi 2022 (948) on page 130, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7300862, {"references":["Drew RAI. 1971. New species of Dacinae (Diptera: Trypetidae) from the South Pacific area. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences. 28: 29 - 103."]}

Bactrocera (Bactrocera) minuta (Drew) Distribution: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. Male lure: Cue-lure. APOCYNACEAE Cerbera manghas: Vanuatu (8/14). Cerbera odollam: Vanuatu (1/1). MORACEAE Antiaris toxicaria: Vanuatu (6/13)., 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 page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8159403