Rhagoletis batava
| Rhagoletis batava | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Tephritoidea |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Rhagoletis |
| Species: | R. batava |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhagoletis batava | |
Rhagoletis batava (seabuckthorn fruit fly) is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae.[1][2][3] 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) [4]
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