Rhagoletis batava

Rhagoletis batava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Tephritoidea
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Rhagoletis
Species: R. batava
Binomial name
Rhagoletis batava

Rhagoletis batava (seabuckthorn fruit fly) is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae.[1][2][3] Rhagoletis batava larvae feed inside fruit flesh, and can be important pest of seabuckthorn. This species is very similar to Rhagoletis cerasi (European cherry fruit fly) [4]

References

  1. batava
  2. http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053
  3. Rupais A., Stalažs A., Strelčūns R., 2014. Kokaugu kaitēkļu noteicējs pēc bojājumiem augļdārzos un apstādījumos. Scripta Letonica 1, 5–221


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