Rhagoletis fausta

Rhagoletis fausta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Rhagoletis
Species:
R. fausta
Binomial name
Rhagoletis fausta
(Osten Sacken, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Trypeta (Acidia) fausta Osten Sacken, 1877
  • Rhagoletis intrudens Aldrich, 1909

Rhagoletis fausta, the black-bodied cherry fruit fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.