''Rhagoletis cingulata'', the eastern cherry fruit fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''
Rhagoletis
''Rhagoletis'' is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 70 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 jumpi ...
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Tephritidae.
The cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew), is found from Michigan to New Hampshire, southward to Florida, occurring over the entire middle and eastern region of the United States and also in southeastern and southcentral Canada.
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