Rhagoletis batava

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Rhagoletis batava
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Rhagoletis
Species:
R. batava
Binomial name
Rhagoletis batava
Hering, 1958

Rhagoletis batava (seabuckthorn fruit fly) is a species of fruit fly in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae. [1] [2] 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) [3]

References

  1. "Rhagoletis batava". nomen.at.
  2. "Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958". GBIF.
  3. Rupais, A.; Stalažs, A.; Strelčūns, R. (2014). "Kokaugu kaitēkļu noteicējs pēc bojājumiem augļdārzos un apstādījumos" [Keys to identification of pests by injuries to woody plants in fruit-gardens and parks]. Scripta Letonica (in Latvian). 1 (1): 5–221.