Acroceratitis bimacula Hardy, 1973

Acroceratitis bimacula Hardy, 1973 View in CoL ( Dacinae : Gastrozonini )

Material collected. 35 females and 13 males collected on bamboo in Natore (Gurudaspur) (15 F), Rangamati Hill (Kaptai) (1 F), and Tangail (Shakhipur) (10 F), and trapped in Dhaka (Savar) (1 F, BL), Gazipur (Kaliakair) (2 F, 5 M, BL), Kushtia (Kumarkhali) (1 M, BL; 1 F, 1 M, YP), and Natore (Gurudaspur) (4 F, 6 M, BL; 1 F, YP) .

Distribution. Previously reported from India (Andaman and Nicobar Is.), China (Guangxi, Yunnan), Thailand, Malaysia (Malaya), Laos, and Vietnam ( Hardy 1973; Wang 1998; Hancock and Drew 1999). Newly recorded from Bangladesh.

Larval hosts. No host plants have been reported for A. bimacula , but larvae of other species of Acroceratitis breed in bamboo shoots ( Dohm et al. 2014). Hardy (1973) recorded one female labeled “bud of bamboo”, but it is unclear if it was reared.