Rhagoletis batava | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tephritidae |
Genus: | Rhagoletis |
Species: | R. batava
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Binomial name | |
Rhagoletis batava Hering, 1958
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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]