Rhagoletis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a gall fly)

Interactions where Rhagoletis cerasi is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Lonicera honeysuckles Dipsacales: Caprifoliaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis cerasi/Rhagoletis cerasia gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Lonicera/Lonicerahoneysucklesfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Prunus avium Wild Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis cerasi/Rhagoletis cerasia gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium/Prunus aviumwild cherryfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Prunus avium cv Ornamental Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis cerasi/Rhagoletis cerasia gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/Prunus avium cvornamental cherryfruit
larva larva feeds within fruit Foreign Prunus cerasus Dwarf Cherry, Sour Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Rhagoletis cerasi/Rhagoletis cerasia gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus cerasus/Prunus cerasusdwarf cherry, sour cherryfruit

Author & YearTitleSource
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Rhagoletis cerasi (a gall fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhagoletis cerasi (a gall fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagoletis cerasi (a gall fly)
GenusRhagoletis (a genus of gall flies)
FamilyTEPHRITIDAE (gall-flies, greater fruit flies)
SuperfamilyTEPHRITOIDEA (lance and picture-wing flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagoletis cerasi (a gall fly)

Rhagoletis cerasi (a gall fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhagoletis cerasi (a gall fly):

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