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Rhagoletis

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Noun1.Rhagoletis - a genus of TrypetidaeRhagoletis - a genus of Trypetidae                
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
apple maggot, railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella - larvae bore into and feed on apples


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Biologists have also recently proposed hybrid speciation to explain a new Rhagoletis fruit-eating fly that has appeared on an invasive honeysuckle shrub.
In recent years, other biologists have seen traces of this process in such creatures as cichlid fish and Rhagoletis flies (SN: 7/21/01, p.
 
 
 
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