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black cherry fruit fly

Rhagoletis fausta

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Rhagoletis fausta, the black-bodied cherry fruit fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae. It is found in the United States and Canada. Taxonomic history It was initially described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1877.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 6United States of America · 2