Rhagoletis batava
Rhagoletis batava | |
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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]
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