Drosophila ochrobasis

Drosophila ochrobasis was described in 1968 by D. Elmo Hardy and Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro. This fly is largely yellow-brown, with red eyes, a yellow front, and a white face. The upper margins of the eyes are usually blackened. Male and female D. ochrobasis have distinct wing markings from one another. Male wings are clear basally and dark apically, with two hyaline spots toward the apex. The female wing looks similar to D. setosimentum, with a somewhat checkerboard pattern of spots along the wings. This species has been recorded breeding in plant species from three families: in the leaves of Myrsine lessertiana (Myrsinaceae), roots of Clermontia sp. (Campanulaceae), and rachis of Marattia douglasii (Marattiaceae). It is not clear to what extent these rearing records represent major or incidental hosts.