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Genus Rhagoletotrypeta

Rhagoletis - Rhagoletotrypeta Fruit fly? - Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri Fruit fly? - Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri Fruit fly? - Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri Fruit Fly? - Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri Fly with mottled wings and striped thorax - Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri Fly with mottled wings and striped thorax - Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri Rhagoletotrypeta rohweri
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Trypetinae
Tribe Carpomyini
Subtribe Carpomyina
Genus Rhagoletotrypeta
Explanation of Names
Rhagoletotrypeta Aczel 1951
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 9 total(1)
Identification
key to spp.(1)
Range
New World, more diverse in the Neotropics; in our area, Rh. rohweri in ne. US & ON, Rh. uniformis in TX-NM(1)
Food
fruits of Celtis (Ulmaceae)(1)
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