Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Tephritidae (Fruit flies)
Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824)
Mittelmeerfruchtfliege Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Synonyms and other combinations:
Tephritis capitata Wiedemann, 1824 | Ceratitis citripeda Wiedemann, 1824 | Ceratitis citriperda Macleay, 1829 | Ceratitis hispanica BrĂªme, 1842 | Pardalaspis asparagi Bezzi, 1924 |
Further vernacular names:
MedflyClassification:
Ceratitis capitata belongs to the subfamily Trypetinae.- Acidia cognata
- Chaetostomella cylindrica
- Myopites sp.
- Myopites stylatus
- Philophylla caesio
- Tephritis vespertina
- Terellia serratulae
- Trupanea amoena
- Trupanea guimari
- Banded Burdock Fly
- Bull Thistle Gall Fly
- Bur-marigold Fly
- Canada Thistle Gall Fly
- Cherry Fruit Fly
- Clouded Wormwood Fly
- Daisy Leafminer
- Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly
- Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- Melancholy Thistle Fly
- Mottled Thistle Fly
- Rayed Thistle Fly
- Red-tailed Thistle Fly
- Scarce Knapweed Fly
- Sonchus Fly
- Spectacled Berry Fly