Acroceratitis ceratitina ( Bezzi, 1913 )

Acroceratitis ceratitina ( Bezzi, 1913) View in CoL ( Dacinae : Gastrozonini )

Material collected. 246 females and 65 males collected on bamboo in Dhaka (National Botanical Garden) (17 F, 3 M), Dinajpur (Ramsagar National Park) (3 F), Gazipur (Kaliakair) (1 F), Gazipur (Latifpur) (15 F, 3 M), Natore (Gurudaspur) (90 F, 17 M), Rangamati Hill (Kaptai) (7 F, 4 M), Tangail (Shakhipur) (5 F), or trapped in Chapainawabganj (Chapainawabganj Sadar) (1 F, 1 M, BL), Dhaka (Savar) (1 F, BL), Gazipur (Kaliakair) (10 F, 3 M, BL,

YP), Kushtia (Kumarkhali) (48 F, 16 M, BL, YP), Natore (Gurudaspur) (37 F, 17 M, BL, YP), and Natore (Singra) (11 F, 1 M, BL, YP).

Distribution. Previously reported from Bangladesh (Dhaka) ( Khan et al. 2017), and also known from Pakistan, Bhutan, India (Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), China (Yunnan), Myanmar, and Thailand ( Bezzi 1913; Hardy 1973; Kapoor et al. 1980; Wang 1998; Hancock and Drew 1999; Norrbom et al. 1999; Korneyev et al. 2023).

Larval hosts. Bred from shoots of Bambusa tulda Roxb. , Dendrocalamus asper (Schult. and Schult.f.) Backer , D. membranaceus Munro , and D. strictus (Roxb.) Nees (all Poaceae ) ( Kapoor 1993; Allwood et al. 1999; Hancock and Drew 1999).