Rhagoletis cornivora
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Rhagoletis cornivora is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis
of the family Tephritidae
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Rhagoletis
Rhagoletis is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about hundred species.-Name:The genus name is partially derived from Ancient Greek rhago "a kind of spider". This possibly refers to the fact that at least R. pomonella mimics a jumping spider....
of the family Tephritidae
Tephritidae
Tephritidae is one of two fly families referred to as "fruit flies", the other family being Drosophilidae. Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila , which is often called the "common fruit fly". There are nearly 5,000 described species of tephritid...
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