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Definition of Ceratitis capitata
1. Noun. Small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit.
Generic synonyms: Fruit Fly, Pomace Fly
Group relationships: Ceratitis, Genus Ceratitis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratitis Capitata
Literary usage of Ceratitis capitata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1904)
"Ceratitis capitata Wied. "Peach-fly." This species was first recorded from Bermuda
by Messrs. Riley and Howard as "A Peach Pest in Bermuda," Insect Life, ..."
2. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Ceratitis capitata Wied., is now pretty well
distributed over the tropical and subtropical parts of the old world and ..."
3. St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date by E. L. Jackson (1903)
"At my request the insect has been identified by Mr. WFH Blandford, FRS, as a
dipterous fly (Ceratitis capitata), known in Malta and elsewhere as the orange ..."
4. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The Mediterranean Fruit-fly (Ceratitis capitata).—This is probably the most
important fruit pest in the world. At the time this is being written it does not ..."
5. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"Onion-fly; o, larva, nut. size; b, the same, enlarged; c, imago, enlarged 3
times ; after Packard. Figure 92.—Peach-fly (Ceratitis capitata) ; a, imago; 6, ..."
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