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Species Rhagoletis juglandis

Female, Rhagoletis juglandis? - Rhagoletis juglandis - 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 juglandis (Rhagoletis juglandis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhagoletis juglandis Cresson, 1920

Identification

The other two yellow-bodied Rhagoletis have more wing bands.

Range

Utah, Arizona, New Mexico; Mexico(1)

Food

Walnut (Juglans) husks

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico Richard H. Foote, P. L. Blanc, Allen L. Norrbom. 1993. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing).

Contributed by John F. Carr on 15 November, 2012 - 6:28pm

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