Species notes
About Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera dorsalis (also recorded as Oriental fruit fly) is an accepted species in the family Tephritidae, within the order Diptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Hawaii and conterminous 48 United States. True flies belong to Diptera and have one functional pair of wings; the hind pair is reduced to balancing organs called halteres.
- Common name
- Oriental fruit fly
- Family
- Tephritidae
- Order
- Diptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Hawaii, conterminous 48 United States
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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