Definition of Rhagoletis

1. Noun. A genus of Trypetidae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhagoletis

Rh antigens
Rh blocking test
Rh incompatibility
Rh negative
Rh null syndrome
Rh positive
Rhabditis
Rhabditis-like
Rhabdoviridae
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthuses
Rhadamnathus
Rhaetian
Rhaeto-Romance
Rhaeto-Romanic
Rhagoletis
Rhagoletis pomonella
Rhamadan
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnales
Rhamnus californicus
Rhamnus carolinianus
Rhamnus croceus
Rhamnus frangula
Rhamnus purshianus
Rhapis
Rhapis excelsa
Rhapis humilis
Rhea
Rhea Silvia

Literary usage of Rhagoletis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1916)
"INSECTS ATTACKING THE FRUIT DIRECTLY. THE APPLE MAGGOT rhagoletis ... rhagoletis pomonella in the adult form is a beautiful little black fly with banded ..."

2. Annual Report (1901)
"Several of the flies were captured and found to be a species described in 1862 as rhagoletis cingulata, from the Middle States. This fly is thus a very near ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1913)
"Black-bodied Cherry Fruit Fly (rhagoletis fausta), much enlarged. ... Adult of the Apple Maggot or Railroad Worm (rhagoletis pomonella), much enlarged. ..."

4. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1917)
"the apple maggot (rhagoletis pomonella Walsh), the cherry fruit flies (rhagoletis cingulata Loew. and rhagoletis fausto OS), the currant fruit fly ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"The following are worthy of mention: The apple maggot (rhagoletis pomonella) and the cherry fruit fly (rhagoletis cingulata) of the Eastern States would ..."

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