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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Trypetinae » Carpomyini » Carpomyina » Rhagoletis » European Cherry Fruit Fly (Rhagoletis cerasi)

Species Rhagoletis cerasi - European Cherry Fruit Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
tephritid 3 - Rhagoletis cerasi Rhagoletis cerasi Rhagoletis cerasi - male - female
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 Rhagoletis
Species cerasi (European Cherry Fruit Fly)
Explanation of Names
Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
body: ♂ 2.9-4 mm, ♀ 3.8-5.3 mm(1)
Range
Native to the Palearctic, adventive in our area; recorded in southern Ontario and northern New York
Remarks
A major pest of cherry in Europe
Internet References
Fact sheet (Grichanov & Ovsyannikova 2009)(1)
Works Cited
1.Afonin A.N. et al., eds. (2008) Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries
Contributed by John S. Ascher on 26 June, 2016 - 9:49am
Additional contributions by v belov, Blocky
Last updated 22 April, 2019 - 7:43pm

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